Filiz Kadoğan (born 12 February 1982 in

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) is a retired Turkish shot putter. She earned a bronze medal in the women's shot put at the 2003 European U23 Championships in

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, and later represented her nation

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on her senior stint at the

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. Throughout her athletics career, Kadogan trained full-time for Fenerbahçe Sports Club () in her native

under her coach and longtime mentor Sevinç Esmer. Kadogan has a personal outdoor best of 17.36 metres, set in 2009. Kadogan initially highlighted her sporting debut at the 2003 European U23 Championships in

, where she unleashed the ball at a third-place distance of 16.72 to round out the podium, finishing behind the gold medalist Natallia Kharaneka of Belarus by nearly a full meter. At the

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, Kadogan qualified for the Turkish squad on her senior stint in the women's shot put. A year earlier, she attained her season best and an Olympic B-standard entry mark of 17.16 metres from the European Cup League Series in

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. During the prelims, Kadogan launched a 15.20-metre shot into the field on her opening attempt to obtain a thirty-fourth spot from a roster of thirty-eight athletes in the overall standings, failing to advance further to the final round.

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* 1982 births Living people Turkish female shot putters Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes from Istanbul Fenerbahçe athletes {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub