Yeliz Kurt
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| Nationality |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1984 Trabzon, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 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 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]
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.
Yeliz 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
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]
Achievements
4x400 m relay
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 5th | 3:37.37 NR | |
800 m
| 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[8] | |
1500 m
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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| 2009 | European Team Championships First League | Bergen, Norway | 2nd | 4:14.00 | |
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "Yeliz Kurt veda etti". Futbolingo (in Turkish). 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
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