Semiha Mutlu (born March 5, 1987, in
Koyulhisar,
Sivas Province
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, Turkey) is a Turkish female
racewalker.
Career
She began racewalking at the age of 18, and is currently a member of the
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Mutlu is the holder of the national record in 20000m walk (track) with 1:44.38. She is qualified to represent
Turkey
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in the
20km walk event at theâ‹…
2012 Olympics in
London
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.
Doping violations
In 2015 Mutlu was banned from sport for 30 months after abnormal deviations in her
biological passport
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profile was found.
In 2019, Mutlu received a second doping violation and a resulting eight year ban from competition.
Personal bests
According to All Athletics Database, her personal bests are:
*10 km walk: 49:43 - Izmir (TUR), 20.06.2010
*20 km walk: 1:37:06 - Dudince (SVK), 26.03.2011
See also
*
Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in Athletics (sport), athletics, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participati ...
References
1987 births
Living people
Turkish female race walkers
People from Koyulhisar
Olympic athletes for Turkey
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK sportspeople
Doping cases in athletics
Turkish sportspeople in doping cases
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