Yeliz Kurt
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| Nationality |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1984 Trabzon, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Enkaspor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yeliz Kurt (born 15 January 1984) is a former Turkish female middle-distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events.[1]
Kurt was banned twice from competing during her career for doping violations.
Career
She won two silver medals, one in 800 m and the other in 1500 m, at the 2009 European Team Championships-First League held in Bergen, Norway. In 2011, she became gold medalist of the 800 m event at the European Team Championships-First League in İzmir, Turkey.
Kurt is the national record holder of 1000 m event with 2:39.92 set in 2009, and shares the record in indoor 4 × 400 m relay event with 3:37.37 set at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, Italy. With her time of 2:02.47, she improved her own national record in indoor 800 m at the ELAN Meeting Bratislava on January 30, 2011.[5] However, that record was broken on March 9, 2012 by Merve Aydın.
Doping
Kurt tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in June 2013 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. The ban expired on 25 June 2015.[6][7]
Kurt received a second ban for a doping violation that lasted from March 2017 to March 2018.[8]
