Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990) is a Turkish

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 15 ...

. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The tall athlete at is coached by Gülnara Mamadova. She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted ...

and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Merve Aydın repeated her silver medal wins in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

, China. Merve Aydın qualified for participation in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was injured during the second lap of her qualifying Olympic run on 8 Aug 2012. Despite the injury she refused to withdraw and limped to the finish line coming in last in her heat to a standing ovation with a time of 3:24:35.

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* 1990 births People from Bakırköy Living people Turkish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Enkaspor athletes Galatasaray athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Istanbul European champions for Turkey Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Turkey Survivor Turkey contestants Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Turkish-athletics-bio-stub