| 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.