Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation.Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the Gazi University in Ankara.
She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and Pınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy she won the gold medal in the under 23 section.IAAF Athletics December 10, 2006
She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto.SENIOR WOMEN'S FINAL: Portugal’s Augusto dominates to take gold . European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
Doping Uslu failed a drug test for doping taken by the IAAF during a camp in Antalya, Turkey on March 13, 2007. She was banned from athletics from March 2007 to March 2009. Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned.
In 2014, she was banned from sport for life after the IAAf re-analyzed a sample she had given at the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu.
International competitions Representing 2003World Cross Country ChampionshipsLausanne, Switzerland98thJunior race (6.215 km)27:23European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland2nd3000 m9:23.102004World Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium39thJunior race (6 km)22:37World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy1st (semis)800 m2:02.85Olympic GamesAthens, Greece22nd (heats)800 m2:03.46European Cross Country ChampionshipsHeringsdorf, Germany1stJunior race (3.64 km)15:322005World Cross Country ChampionshipsSt Etienne - St Galmier, France24thShort race (4.196 km)14:11Mediterranean GamesAlmería, Spain3rd800 m2:02.683rd4 × 400 m relay3:40.75European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany7th (h)Did not show in the final.800m2:04.271st5000m15:57.21World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland26th (heats)800 m2:03.73Universiadeİzmir, Turkey2nd800 m2:01.422006World Cross Country ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan59thShort race (4 km)14:06European Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Giorgio su Legnano, Italy1stUnder-23 race (5.975 km)18:472010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain20th (h)1500 m4:12.0419th (h)3000 m steeplechase10:15.28European Cross Country ChampionshipsAlbufeira, Portugal2ndSenior race (8.170 km)26:572011UniversiadeShenzhen, China1st5000 m15:41.151st3000 m steeplechase9:33.50World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 7th DSQ3000 m steeplechase 9:31.06 (Doping)
Personal bests 1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006) 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010) 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010) 3000 m steeplechase: 9:24.06 NR (2011) 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005) 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006)
See also List of doping cases in athletics
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