Turkish middle-distance runner

Yeliz Kurt (born January 15, 1984) is a Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events. Kurt tested positive for the anabolic * Stanozolol in June 2013 and was handed a two-year ban from sports.

Kurt was born in Trabzon, Turkey. The 166:cm (5:ft 5:in) tall athlete at 50:kg (110:lb) was a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor before she transferred to Enkaspor in Istanbul.

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. However, that record was broken on March 9, 2012 by Merve Aydın.

Contents

• 1 Doping
• 2 Achievements
  • 2.1 4x400 m relay
  • 2.2 800 m
  • 2.3 1500 m
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Doping

Kurt tested positive for the anabolic * Stanozolol in June 2013 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. The ban expired on 25 June 2015.

Achievements

4x400 m relay

800 m

1500 m

References

External links

• Kurt Yeliz at World Athletics