Aslı Çakır Alptekin
Turkish middle-distance runner (born 1985)
Aslı Çakır Alptekin, née Aslı Çakır, (born 20 August 1985 in Antalya) is a Turkish former female middle-distance runner. A member of the Üsküdar Belediyespor in Istanbul, she is coached by her husband, runner Ihsan Alptekin. She was banned for life from competition in 2017 for repeated doping offenses.
Athletics career
She is 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall and 50 kg (110 lb).
Alptekin won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China. She also won the bronze medal in the 1500 m event at the 2012 World Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.
Both of these titles were later stripped off her upon failed doping tests.
Alptekin recorded her personal best in 1500m with 3:56.62 at the Diamond League meet in Paris on 6 July 2012. Six weeks later, she won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 1500 m event. Alptekin was also stripped of her Olympic title as a result of her use of banned substances and methods.
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