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Place of Birth: Trabzon, Turkey
About Yeliz Kurt
- Yeliz Kurt (born January 15, 1984) is a Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events.Kurt was born in Trabzon, Turkey.
- The 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 50 kg (110 lb) was a member of Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyespor before she transferred to Enkaspor in Istanbul.She won two silver medals, one in 800 m and the other in 1500 m, at the 2009 European Team Championships-First League held in Bergen, Norway.
- In 2011, she became gold medalist of the 800 m event at the European Team Championships-First League in Izmir, Turkey. Yeliz Kurt is the national record holder of 1000 m event with 2:39.92 set in 2009, and shares the record in indoor 4 × 400 m relay event with 3:37.37 set at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, Italy.
- With her time of 2:02.47, she improved her own national record in indoor 800 m at the ELAN Meeting Bratislava on January 30, 2011.
- However, that record was broken on March 9, 2012 by Merve Aydin.
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