Bekir Karayel (born May 10, 1982 in Sungurlu, Çorum Province, Turkey) is a Turkish middle distance runner, middle and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon. The tall athlete at is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., where he is coached by Satılmış Atmaca. He studied at Gazi University. In 2011, he won the first edition of Darıca Half Marathon in a time 1:05:08. He qualified for participation in Turkey at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Athletics, marathon event at the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 76th.

Personal best

*800m - 1:58.55 (2004) *1500m - 4:00.33 (2003) *2000m - 5:20.74 (2003) *3000m - 8:47.49 (2003) *10000m - 30:00.88 (2011) *Half Marathon - 1:02:48 (2014) *Marathon - 2:13:21 (2012)

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* 1982 births People from Sungurlu Living people Turkish male middle-distance runners Turkish male long-distance runners Turkish male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gazi University alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub