Nagihan Karadere (born 27 December 1984) is a Turkish short-distance and hurdles runner. She is the first and only female athlete to run under 56sec in the 400m hurdles. Turkey's record rating in the 400m hurdles is 55.09 seconds. She competed in the Olympics, passing the threshold at the 2012 London Olympics.
She won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles event at the
2011 Summer Universiade
The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...
held in
Shenzhen
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,
China
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and a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the same competition.
Karadere set a new
national record in 400 m hurdles event at the Turkish Super League Final held on July 31, 2011, in
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
.
She qualified for participation in
400 m hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...
event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
,
where she was disqualified for a false start. She was a contestant in Turkish ''Survivor'' in 2016 in the Dominican Republic, and appeared in ''Survivor'' again in 2022 and 2024.
Achievements
Competitions
References
External links
IAAF profile for Nagihan Karadere
1984 births
Living people
Turkish female sprinters
Olympic athletes for Turkey
Turkish female hurdlers
People from Kadirli
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Turkey
Survivor Turkey contestants
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
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