Binnaz Uslu

Binnaz Uslu

Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	(1985-03-12) March 12, 1985 (age 40) Ankara, Turkey
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	middle-distance and long-distance running
Club	Enkaspor
Coached by	Yahya Sevüktekin
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006) 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010) 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010) 3000 m st: 9:24.06 NR (2011) 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005) 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006)
Medal record European Cross Country Championships 2010 Albufeira Senior Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 4×400 m relay 2005 Almería 800 m Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 3,000 m steep 2011 Shenzhen 5,000 m 2005 İzmir 800 m

Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation. ^[1]

The 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the Gazi University in Ankara. ^{[2] [3]}

She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and Pınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy she won the gold medal in the under 23 section. ^[4]

She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto. ^[5]

Doping

Uslu failed a drug test for doping taken by the IAAF during a camp in Antalya, Turkey on March 13, 2007. She was banned from athletics from March 2007 to March 2009. ^[6] Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned. ^[7]

In 2014, she was banned from sport for life after the IAAf re-analyzed a sample she had given at the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu. ^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Turkey
2003	World Cross Country Championships	Lausanne, Switzerland	98th	Junior race (6.215 km)	27:23
	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	2nd	3000 m	9:23.10
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	39th	Junior race (6 km)	22:37
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st (semis) [8]	800 m	2:02.85
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	22nd (heats)	800 m	2:03.46
	European Cross Country Championships	Heringsdorf, Germany	1st	Junior race (3.64 km)	15:32
2005	World Cross Country Championships	St Etienne - St Galmier, France	24th	Short race (4.196 km)	14:11
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	3rd	800 m	2:02.68
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.75
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	7th (h) [8]	800m	2:04.27
			1st	5000m	15:57.21
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	26th (heats)	800 m	2:03.73
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	2nd	800 m	2:01.42
2006	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	59th	Short race (4 km)	14:06
	European Cross Country Championships	San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy	1st	Under-23 race (5.975 km)	18:47
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	20th (h)	1500 m	4:12.04
			19th (h)	3000 m steeplechase	10:15.28
	European Cross Country Championships	Albufeira, Portugal	2nd	Senior race (8.170 km)	26:57
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	1st	5000 m	15:41.15
			1st	3000 m steeplechase	9:33.50
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	7thDSQ	3000 m steeplechase	9:31.06 (Doping)

Personal bests

• 1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006)
• 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010)
• 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010)
• 3000 m steeplechase: 9:24.06 NR (2011)
• 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005)
• 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006)

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

• Binnaz Uslu at World Athletics

1. Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
2. "Sporcular/Atletizm-Binnaz Uslu" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı-Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
3. "Branşlar > Atletizm-2010 Sezonunda" (in Turkish). Enka Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
4. IAAF Athletics December 10, 2006
5. SENIOR WOMEN'S FINAL: Portugal’s Augusto dominates to take gold Archived December 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
6. "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
7. "Doping Rule Violation - Coach". IAAF.org. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
8. Did not show in the final.