Yeliz Kurt
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Born | Trabzon, Turkey | 15 January 1984||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Enkaspor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yeliz Kurt (born January 15, 1984) is a former Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events.[1]
Kurt was banned twice from competing during her career for doping violations.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]Kurt was born in Trabzon, Turkey. The 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 50 kg (110 lb) was a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor before she transferred to Enkaspor in Istanbul.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit]She won two silver medals, one in 800 m and the other in 1500 m, at the 2009 European Team Championships-First League held in Bergen, Norway. In 2011, she became gold medalist of the 800 m event at the European Team Championships-First League in Izmir, Turkey.
Kurt is the national record holder of 1000 m event with 2:39.92 set in 2009, and shares the record in indoor 4 × 400 m relay event with 3:37.37 set at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, Italy. With her time of 2:02.47, she improved her own national record in indoor 800 m at the ELAN Meeting Bratislava on January 30, 2011.[5] However, that record was broken on March 9, 2012 by Merve Aydın.
Doping
[edit]Kurt tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in June 2013 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. The ban expired on 25 June 2015.[6][7]
Kurt received a second ban for a doping violation that lasted from March 2017 to March 2018.[8]
Achievements
[edit]4x400 m relay
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 5th | 3:37.37 NR |
800 m
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 5th | 2:01.90 | |
2009 | European Team Championships First League | Bergen, Norway | 2nd | 2:01.54 | |
2011 | European Team Championships First League | Izmir, Turkey | 1st | 2:01.95 | |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th SF | 2:03.32[9] |
1500 m
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2009 | European Team Championships First League | Bergen, Norway | 2nd | 4:14.00 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kurt Yeliz". IAAF. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Athletes-Yeliz Kurt-Bio". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Pistte Yeliz Kurt krizi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-07-31. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Yeliz Kurt" (in Turkish). Bursa Atletizm. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Records from ENKA athletes - 31.01.2011". Enka Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ Sanctioned athletes list – 26 June 2014
- ^ BBC Sport: Esref Apak among 31 Turkish athletes banned for two years, 5 August 2013
- ^ "LATEST SANCTIONS FOR DOPING AND NON-DOPING VIOLATIONS JULY AND AUGUST 2018" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Yeliz Kurt veda etti". Futbolingo (in Turkish). 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links
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- Sportspeople from Trabzon
- 1984 births
- Doping cases in athletics
- Living people
- Turkish female middle-distance runners
- Turkish sportspeople in doping cases
- Enkaspor athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- Turkish athletics biography stubs