Nevin Yanıt
Turkish hurdler (born 1986)
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Nevin Yanıt (born 16 February 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling.
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5.4 ft)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013.[2][3] After IAAF appealed the length of the ban to the Court of Arbitration for sport, her ban was extended for a further year.[4]
Biography
Yanıt won the 100 m hurdles at the 2007 European Under 23 Athletics Championships. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she reached the semi-finals in the 100 m hurdles.[citation needed] Yanıt participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal in women's 100 m hurdles. She won the 100 m hurdles at the European Cup First League Group B on June 18, 2006 in Thessaloniki, Greece.[citation needed] At the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, she won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles, edging favourites, Derval O'Rourke and Carolin Nytra.[citation needed]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she progressed to the final in the 100 m hurdles, taking fifth place-a result she of which she was later stripped.[citation needed] At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, she won the gold medal-a medal of which she was later stripped.[citation needed]
Doping ban
In 2013 the Turkish Athletics Federation announced that Yanit had failed a doping test, after traces of testosterone and the anabolic steroid Stanozolol were found in a testing sample. On 29 August 2013, a two-year ban was handed down by the Turkish Federation, precluding Yanit from competition until 5 August 2015. Following IAAF's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for sport, her ban was extended to 3 years for aggravating circumstances. In addition to the positive for two prohibited substances her biological passport data showed that she had been blood doping between June 2012 and February 2013.[4]
The IAAF later confirmed that her results since 28 June 2012 had all been voided and she was stripped of her European Championship title and 5th-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
Personal life
Yanıt competed between 2007-2008 for Vestel Athletics.[7] In 2008, she joined Fenerbahçe Athletics.[citation needed] She majored in Physical Education at Mersin University,[5][8]
In 2011, an athletics venue in Mersin with 4,500 seating capacity, built in 2010, was named in her honor.[9]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 19th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.98 (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
| — | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.91 |
| Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 16th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.89 | |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 14th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.32 |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 9th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.11 |
| European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.90 (wind: -0.3 m/s) | |
| Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.07 | |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 12th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.85 | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 14th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.19 |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 14th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.28 | |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 |
| Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.89 | |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.99 | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.63 |
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 13.27 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 22nd (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.31 | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | DSQ | 100 m hurdles | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DSQ | 100 m hurdles | ||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | DSQ | 60 m hurdles | |
