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Nationality | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Eskişehir, Turkey |
August 3, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Süleyman Altınoluk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gamze Bulut (pronounced [ˈɡamze ˈbuɫut]; born August 3, 1992 in Eskişehir) is a Turkish female middle-distance runner. She won silver medals in 1500 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games and European Championships.
Due to receive the 2012 gold medals as Olympic and European champion following the disqualification of team-mate Aslı Çakır Alptekin from both events, Bulut herself came under investigation for abnormalities in her athlete 'passport', and on 1 June 2016, Turkish media reported that Bulut had also been found to have employed illegal performance enhancing methods by dint of observations of her athlete 'passport'. If confirmed, Bulut would also lose her Olympic and European medals, and all medals and records from 2012 to 2016. .
The 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 48 kg (106 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Süleyman Altınoluk.
At the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland, she became bronze medalist in the 2000 m steeplechase event with a time of 6:50.24. She won the gold medal of the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 2009 Balkan Junior Athletics Championships held in Greece.
Bulut won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, when finishing second behind her compatriot Aslı Çakır Alptekin.