- Binnaz Uslu
Binnaz Uslu (born
March 12 ,1985 inAnkara ) is a Turkish middle distance track runner.She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in
Almería and wonbronze medal in800 m with 2:02.68. In the4x400 m relay , she won another bronze medal with her teammatesÖzge Gürler ,Birsen Bekgöz andPınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes.Uslu is a student at the
Gazi Üniversitesi in Ankara. She is coached byYahya Sevüktekin .Doping ban
Binnaz Uslu failed a
drug test for doping taken by theIAAF during a camp inAntalya , Turkey onMarch 13 ,2007 . She was banned from athletics from March 2007 to March 2009. [cite news |author= |title=Doping Rule Violation |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=39270.html |work=IAAF.org |date=2007-06-25 |accessdate=2007-06-26 ] Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned. [cite news |author= |title=Doping Rule Violation - Coach |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=39269.html |work=IAAF.org |date=2007-06-25 |accessdate=2007-06-26 ]Achievements
4x400 m relay
* 2005 Mediterranean Games inAlmería ,Spain – 3:40.75 bronze medal
* 2005 European Cup Second League in Turkey – 3:36.49 (Turkey record)800 m
* 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece – 2:03.46 6th place at the qualifications
* 2004Heusden-Zolder ,Belgium - 2:00.94 (Turkey junior women’s record) PB
* 2005 Mediterranean Games inAlmería ,Spain – 2:02.68 bronze medal
* 2005 23rd Universiade inİzmir , Turkey - 2:01.42 silver medal1000 m
* 2003 Istanbul – 2:46.01
* 2006 Istanbul – 2:41.79 (Turkey junior women’s record) PB1500 m
* 2005 Istanbul – 4:13.99 PB3000 m
* 2003 17th European Junior Championships inTampere ,Finland – 9:23.10 silver medal PB5000 m
* 2005 European Junior Championships inErfurt ,Germany - 15:57.21 gold medal PB10000 m
* 2006 10th European 10000m Cup inAntalya , Turkey - 34:34.79 22th PBCross country
* 2004 11th SPAR European Cross Country Championships inHeringsdorf ,Germany - 11:33 gold medal (juniors) PB [ [http://www.athletix.org/Results/EurXC2004.html Athletix] ]
* 2006 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships inSan Giorgio su Legnano ,Italy - 18:47 gold medal (under 23) [ [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC07/news/Kind=2/newsId=37020.html IAAF Athletics December 10, 2006] ]
* PB - Personal bestee also
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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences References
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