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Birth name | Sızmaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 16, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, (born November 16, 1978) is a Turkish female long-distance runner, who specialized in marathon.
She won the gold medal in women's marathon at the 2001 Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia. She set a women's course record on the way to victory at the 2009 Madrid Marathon. She made a strong start at the 2010 Düsseldorf Marathon in April, but ended up dropping out after leading the race early on.