| Yeliz Kurt | |
| Sport: | Running |
| Event: | 800 m, 1500 m |
| Birth Date: | 1984 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Trabzon, Turkey |
| Height: | 166cm (65inches) |
| Weight: | 50kg (110lb) |
| Club: | Enkaspor |
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Yeliz Kurt (born January 15, 1984) is a former Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events.[1]
Kurt was banned twice from competing during her career for doping violations.
Kurt was born in Trabzon, Turkey. The 166cm (65inches) tall athlete at 50kg (110lb) was a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor before she transferred to Enkaspor in Istanbul.[2] [3] [4]
She won two silver medals, one in 800 m and the other in 1500 m, at the 2009 European Team Championships-First League held in Bergen, Norway. In 2011, she became gold medalist of the 800 m event at the European Team Championships-First League in Izmir, Turkey.
Kurt is the national record holder of 1000 m event with 2:39.92 set in 2009, and shares the record in indoor 4 × 400 m relay event with 3:37.37 set at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, Italy. With her time of 2:02.47, she improved her own national record in indoor 800 m at the ELAN Meeting Bratislava on January 30, 2011.[5] However, that record was broken on March 9, 2012 by Merve Aydın.
Kurt tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in June 2013 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. The ban expired on 25 June 2015.[6] [7]
Kurt received a second ban for a doping violation that lasted from March 2017 to March 2018.[8]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 5th | 2:01.90 | |
| 2009 | European Team Championships First League | Bergen, Norway | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 2:01.54 |
| 2011 | European Team Championships First League | Izmir, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2:01.95 |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th SF | 2:03.32[9] | |