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Nationality | Turkey |
Born | Ankara, Turkey | March 12, 1985
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | middle-distance and long-distance running |
Club | Enkaspor |
Coached by | Yahya Sevüktekin |
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Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation.[1]
The 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the Gazi University in Ankara.[2][3]
She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and Pınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy she won the gold medal in the under 23 section.[4]
She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto.[5]