Gamze Bulut

Gamze Bulut
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1992-08-03) August 3, 1992 (age 32)
Eskişehir, Turkey
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
ClubFenerbahçe Athletics
Coached bySüleyman Altınoluk
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2012 London 1500 m
European Championships
Disqualified 2012 Helsinki 1500 m
European U23 Championships
Disqualified 2013 Tampere 5000 m

Gamze Bulut (pronounced [ˈɡamze ˈbuɫut]; born August 3, 1992, in Eskişehir) is a Turkish middle-distance runner.

Due to receive the 2012 gold medals as Olympic and European champion following the disqualification of teammate Aslı Çakır Alptekin from both events, Bulut herself came under investigation for abnormalities in her athlete 'passport', and on 1 June 2016, Turkish media reported that Bulut had also been found to have employed illegal performance enhancing methods by dint of observations of her athlete 'passport'. This was confirmed by the IAAF and Bulut lost her Olympic and European medals, and all medals and records from the date of the infraction, July 20, 2011, to 2016. She received a four-year ban until May 29, 2020.[1][2]

The 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 48 kg (106 lb) was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she was coached by Süleyman Altınoluk.[3]

  1. ^ Bulut to lose medals Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, in Turkish
  2. ^ "Elvan Abeylegesse and Gamze Bulut sanctions announced by IAAF - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference gsb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).