Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in

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) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and

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. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation.Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
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athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the

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in Ankara. She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in

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and won a

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in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and

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in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in

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she won the gold medal in the under 23 section. She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind

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Doping

Uslu failed a

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for doping taken by the

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during a camp in

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, Turkey on March 13, 2007. She was banned from

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from March 2007 to March 2009. Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned. In 2014, she was banned from sport for life after the IAAf re-analyzed a sample she had given at the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu.

International competitions

Personal bests

* 1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006) * 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010) * 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010) * 3000 m steeplechase: 9:24.06 NR (2011) * 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005) * 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uslu, Binnaz 1985 births Living people Athletes from Ankara Turkish female middle-distance runners Turkish female steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Enkaspor athletes Gazi University alumni Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey Universiade silver medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish women

Doping

International competitions

Personal bests

See also

References