Sport Running Name Merve Aydin Height 1.8 m Weight 58 kg Parents Ufuk Aydin, Nilufer Aydin | Coached by Gulnara Mamadova Role Athlete Nationality Turkish Club Galatasaray Athletics | |
Born 17 March 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-03-17 ) Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres Personal best(s) 400 m 53.48 (2009)
800 m 2.00.33 (2008)
1500 m 4.29.45 (2007) Similar People Serenay Aktas, Merve Oflaz, Ahmet Dursun, Hakan Hatipoglu, Hasan Yalnizoglu | ||
Merve Aydın 2008 Dünya Gençler Atletizm Şampiyonası Anısı
Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990 in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female middle distance runner. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is coached by Gülnara Mamadova.
She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Merve Aydin repeated her silver medal wins in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China.
Merve Aydın qualified for participation in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was injured during the second lap of her qualifying Olympic run on 8 Aug 2012. Despite the injury she refused to withdraw and limped to the finish line coming in last in her heat to a standing ovation with a time of 3:24:35.
