Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born Yelena Kopytova on 14 March 1970 in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

. She initially represented Russia, but became a

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citizen by marriage in 1999, changing her name at the same time. She was member of the Fenerbahçe Athletics Club.

Achievements

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 4:08.45 min (1999) *

- 14:51.69 min (1999)

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1970 births Living people Russian female long-distance runners Fenerbahçe athletes Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Russian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Turkey Turkish female long-distance runners Russian emigrants to Turkey Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub