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Born | Mersin, Turkey | 16 February 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5.4 ft) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nevin Yanıt (born February 16, 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling.
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]
Yanıt won the 100m 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 100m 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 100m 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]
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]
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]
Yanıt at the
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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mersin, Turkey | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Nevin Yanıt (born February 16, 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling.
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]
Yanıt won the 100m 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 100m 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 100m 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]
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]
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]