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Binnaz Uslu

b. 1985

Turkish athlete (born 1985)

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Born 1985. Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish athletics competitor.

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.

The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the Gazi University in Ankara.

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.

She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto.

Doping Uslu failed a drug test for doping taken by the IAAF during a camp in Antalya, Turkey on March 13, 2007. She was banned from athletics from March 2007 to March 2009. Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned.

In 2014, she was banned from sport for life after the IAAf re-analyzed a sample she had given at the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu. 800m 2:04.27

5000m 15:57.21 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 26th (heats) 800 m 2:03.73 Universiade İzmir, Turkey

800 m 2:01.42

World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka, Japan 59th Short race (4 km) 14:06 European Cross Country Championships San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy

Under-23 race (5.975 km) 18:47

20th (h) 1500 m 4:12.04 19th (h) 3000 m steeplechase 10:15.28 European Cross Country Championships Albufeira, Portugal

Senior race (8.170 km) 26:57

5000 m 15:41.15

3000 m steeplechase 9:33.50 World Championships Daegu, South Korea

3000 m steeplechase

Personal bests 1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006) 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010) 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010) 3000 m steeplechase: 9:24.06 NR (2011) 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005) 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006)

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Turkish athlete (born 1985)

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Binnaz Uslu was born on 12 March 1985 in Ankara.

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Binnaz Uslu is an athletics competitor.

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Binnaz Uslu is Turkish.

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· Wikidata: Q1806227

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