Merve Aydın

Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990) is a Turkish middle distance runner. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is coached by Gülnara Mamadova.[1]

This article is about the middle distance runner. For the basketball player, see Merve Aydın (basketball).

Merve Aydın
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990
Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)800 metres, 1500 metres
ClubGalatasaray
Coached byGülnara Mamadova
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m 53.48 (2009)
  • 800 m 2.00.33 (2008)
  • 1500 m 4.29.45 (2007)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Bydgoszcz 800 m
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Ostrava 800 m
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2011 Shenzhen 4x400 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Izmir 4x400 m relay

She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Merve Aydın repeated her silver medal wins in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China.

Merve Aydın qualified for participation in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] She was injured during the second lap of her qualifying Olympic run on 8 Aug 2012. Despite the injury she refused to withdraw and limped to the finish line coming in last in her heat to a standing ovation with a time of 3:24:35.[2][3]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Turkey
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 36th (h) 800m 2:17.16
2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd 800 m 2:00.92 NJ
2011 European Team Championships-First League Izmir, Turkey 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.40 NR
European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st 800 m 2:00.46 SB
Summer Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 800 m 2:11.91
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.14
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 6th (h) 800 m 2:01.19 iNR

References
  1. "Sporcular/Atletizm-Merve Aydın" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı-Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. "BBC Sport - Olympics athletics: Merve Aydin limps over 800m finish line". BBC Sport.
  3. "Merve Aydın ağlayarak bitirdi" (in Turkish). cnnturk.com. Retrieved 8 August 2012.


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