Nagihan Karadere

Nagihan Karadere (born 27 December 1984) is a Turkish short-distance and hurdles runner. She is the first and only female athlete to run under 56sec in the 400m hurdles. Turkey's record rating in the 400m hurdles is 55.09 seconds. She competed in the Olympics, passing the threshold at the 2012 London Olympics.^[1]

Nationality Turkey

Born (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 41)

Kadirli, Osmaniye Province, Turkey

Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Weight65 kg (143 lb)

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Nagihan Karadere

Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	(1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 41) Kadirli, Osmaniye Province, Turkey
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	400 metres
Club	Botaşspor Club
Coached by	Muharrem Or
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m 54.82 (2006) 400 m hurdles 55.09 NR (2011)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Turkey Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 4x400 m relay 2011 Shenzhen 400 m hurdles

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She won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China^[2] and a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the same competition.

Karadere set a new national record in 400 m hurdles event at the Turkish Super League Final held on July 31, 2011, in Ankara.

She qualified for participation in 400 m hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,^[3] where she was disqualified for a false start. She was a contestant in Turkish Survivor in 2016 in the Dominican Republic, and appeared in Survivor again in 2022, 2024 and 2026.^[4][5]