Nevin Yanıt
Yanıt at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
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| Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 February 1986 Mersin, Turkey |
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| Height | 1.65 m (5.4 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles |
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| Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nevin Yanıt, (born February 16, 1986 in Mersin) is a Turkish female sprinter specialising in high hurdling. She is a two time European champion in the 100m hurdles, and current European indoor champion in the 60m hurdles.
On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013. After IAAF appealed the length of the ban to the Court of Arbitration for sport, her ban was extended for a further year.
Yanıt first came to international prominence in 2007, winning the 100m hurdles at the 2007 European Under 23 Athletics Championships. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she reached the semi-finals in the 100m hurdles. She was the first Turkish athlete to progress so far in a sprint athletics event at the Olympic Games.
Yanıt participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal in women's 100 m hurdles. She was the winner in the 100 m hurdles at the European Cup First League Group B held on June 18, 2006 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
At the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, she won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles, breaking the 100 m hurdles national record with 12.63 seconds, edging favourites, Derval O'Rourke and Carolin Nytra.
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