Nationality Turkish Event(s) 100 m, 200 m and 400 m Coached by Oznur Dursun Role Athlete Weight 54 kg | Name Pinar Saka Height 1.63 m | |
Education University of Nebraska Omaha | ||
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Pınar Saka (born November 5, 1985 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint discipline competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. She is the Turkish national record holder for 400 m.
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She studied international business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the USA. The 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) tall athlete at 53 kg (117 lb) is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul, where she is coached by Öznur Dursun.
Pınar Saka participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain in the categories 4x100 m relay, 400 m and 4x400 m relay. She ran bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay in 3:40.75 with her teammates Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler and Binnaz Uslu.
In 2011 Pinar Saka won the silver medal at the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen together with a team consisting of Nagihan Karadere, Merve Aydın and Meliz Redif, clockıng the time 3.31.05.
Saka qualified for participation in the 400 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She is doing her MBA degree at Bogazici University in Istanbul.
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Doping
Pınar Saka was in 2013 sanctioned as a result of abnormalities detected in her biological passport. She was disqualified from 18 June 2010 and got three years ineligibility ending 23 May 2015.
Achievements
Her personal best performances are:
NR: Turkish national record