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Karin Melis MeyCompetitor for Turkey Women's athletics World Championships Bronze 2009 Berlin Long jump Karin Melis Mey (formerly Karin Mey) (born 31 May 1983) is a South African-born long jumper who competes for Turkey in international competition. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen in June 2008, and took the name Melis in addition to her old name Karin Mey.
Representing South Africa, one of her first international appearances was a sixth place finish at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She represented her adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the qualifying stages of the long jump.[1] She was also sixth at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final that year. Melis Mey qualified for the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships but did not make the final. Outdoors she was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and also in the First League of the 2009 European Team Championships. She won the bronze medal by jumping 6.80 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin – her first major medal.
She jumped at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but did not progress beyond the qualifying round.
Her personal best jump is 6.93 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Bad Langensalza, which is the South African record for the event. In July 2009 she set a Turkish record of 6.87 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.[2][3]
See also
References
- IAAF profile for Karin Melis Mey
- ^ Karin Melis. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
- ^ Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Championship
- ^ The Champion, Fenerbahçe
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Fenerbahçe athletes
- South African athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Turkey
- Turkish people of South African descent
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Turkish long jumpers
- Turkish women athletes
- Turkish athletics biography stubs
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