Tuğçe Şahutoğlu Explained

Tuğçe Şahutoğlu
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1 May 1988
Birth Place:Mersin, Turkey
Height:172 cm
Weight:98 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hammer throw
Coach:Muzaffer Tolun
Club:Fenerbahçe Athletics
Pb:74.17 m NR (2012)

Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (born 1 May 1988 in Mersin) is a Turkish female hammer thrower. The 1.8m (05.9feet) tall athlete at 115kg (254lb) 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sahutoglu, Tugce TUR . IAAF . 4 May 2012.
  2. News: Tuğçe hedef büyüttü . Kartal Haber . Turkish . 4 May 2012.
  3. Web site: Sporcular/Atletizm-Tuğçe Şahutoğlu . Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı-Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında . Turkish . 25 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005074531/http://www.gsb.gov.tr/londra2012/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=409 . 5 October 2013.
  4. Web site: 2011 World Comprehensive List - Women . Track and Field . 4 May 2012.
  5. News: Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, 2012 Olimpiyatları'nda! . Haber 7 . 5 March 2011 . Turkish . 4 May 2012.
  6. News: Özlem Kaya da olimpiyat vizesi aldı.. . Haber 7 . 19 May 2012 . Turkish . 21 May 2012.
  7. 2013-08-05. 31 Turkish athletes suspended. Associated Press. Retrieved on 30 November 2014.
  8. http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=48415b3c-c8c8-4678-bab1-08875934f8a6.pdf Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 31.10.14