Hüseyin Emre Sakçı (born 15 November 1997) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in breaststroke.
[1][2][3][4] In a first ever for Turkish swimming, Sakçı won the silver medal in the 2019 European Short Course Championship in the 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 25.82 seconds.
[5] Subsequently, Sakçı broke the short-course European record in 50 meters breaststroke with a time of 25.50 seconds on 26 October 2020 during the 2020 ISL (International Swimming League) races making him the only Turkish swimmer ever to break a European record in any stroke not in the junior category.
[9] Sakçı belongs to a new generation of Turkish swimmers that have solely trained in Turkey instead of going to the US for college, as was done in the past by successful Turkish swimmers.
Sakçı trains in his hometown of İzmir with his coach Türker Oktay.