Personal information | |
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Nationality | Turkish |
Born | Mersin, Turkey | 1 May 1988
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics |
Coached by | Muzaffer Tolun |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 74.17 m NR (2012) |
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (born 1 May 1988 in Mersin) is a Turkish female hammer thrower. The 1.80 m (5.9 ft) tall athlete at 115 kg (254 lb) was a member of Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team before she transferred to Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Muzaffer Tolun. [1] She was a student of physical education at the vocational college of Aksaray University. [2] [3]
Şahutoğlu began with hammer throw at the age of twelve promoted by her teacher of physical education. She holds records at the national level in several age categories. [2] In May 2012, she improved her personal best from 70.09 m achieved in 2011 to 74.17 m breaking the national record that was held by Sviatlana Sudak with 70.74 m set in July 2008 at Minsk, Belarus. [1] [4] [5] [6]
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu participated in the hammer throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 24th in the qualification round and failed to make the final. [3] [5]
Şahutoğlu tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in May 2013 and was given a two-year ban from competition. The Turkish Athletics Federation named her in August 2013 as one of 31 Turkish athletes to have been sanctioned for a doping offence in that year. Her period of ineligibility lasted until 7 June 2015. [7] [8] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 10th in her qualifying pool, not reaching the final. [1]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Turkish |
Born | Mersin, Turkey | 1 May 1988
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics |
Coached by | Muzaffer Tolun |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 74.17 m NR (2012) |
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (born 1 May 1988 in Mersin) is a Turkish female hammer thrower. The 1.80 m (5.9 ft) tall athlete at 115 kg (254 lb) was a member of Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team before she transferred to Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Muzaffer Tolun. [1] She was a student of physical education at the vocational college of Aksaray University. [2] [3]
Şahutoğlu began with hammer throw at the age of twelve promoted by her teacher of physical education. She holds records at the national level in several age categories. [2] In May 2012, she improved her personal best from 70.09 m achieved in 2011 to 74.17 m breaking the national record that was held by Sviatlana Sudak with 70.74 m set in July 2008 at Minsk, Belarus. [1] [4] [5] [6]
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu participated in the hammer throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 24th in the qualification round and failed to make the final. [3] [5]
Şahutoğlu tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in May 2013 and was given a two-year ban from competition. The Turkish Athletics Federation named her in August 2013 as one of 31 Turkish athletes to have been sanctioned for a doping offence in that year. Her period of ineligibility lasted until 7 June 2015. [7] [8] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 10th in her qualifying pool, not reaching the final. [1]