Mehmet Uğur Taner (born June 20, 1974) is a retired Turkish-born American swimmer. Taner was born in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of Erol and Gulcin Taner, who moved to the United States one year later. He attended high school at Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington, where he excelled in swimming. The summer after his senior year, he swam for Turkey in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He swam for University of California, Berkeley and was on the US national team from 1993 to 2000, winning nine national individual titles as well as 1994 world champion in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.