 Aslı Çakır Alptekin during the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Aslı Çakır | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1985 Antalya; Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Middle-distance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Üsküdar Belediyespor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aslı Çakır Alptekin (born 20 August 1985 in Antalya) is a former Turkish female middle-distance runner. A member of the Üsküdar Belediyespor in Istanbul, she is coached by her husband, runner Ihsan Alptekin.[1][2] She was banned for life for repeated doping offenses.
Athletics career[edit]
She is 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall and 50 kg (110 lb).[3]
Alptekin won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China.[4] She also won the bronze medal in the 1500 m event at the 2012 World Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[5]
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.[6] Six weeks later, she won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 1500 m event.[7] Alptekin was also stripped of her Olympic title as a result of her use of banned substances and methods.
Doping cases[edit]
Alptekin received a two-year ban from the track in September 2004 due to positive testing for illegal substances.[8] The positive test came at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she was the fastest in the heats of the steeplechase and placed sixth in the final.[9]
On 22 March 2013, several news agencies reported that Alptekin was one of eight athletes who tested positive for banned substances. Alptekin faced a lifetime ban if the positive test was upheld. Neither the IAAF nor WADA officially commented on the doping allegation.[10][11] On 3 December, the Turkish Athletic Federation announced that they had cleared her of the charges.[12] The IAAF subsequently appealed the Turkish federation's decision to clear Alptekin to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and again suspended the athlete from competition.[13]
On 17 August 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport says it approved a settlement agreed to by Alptekin and the IAAF. Alptekin agreed to give up her 1500 m Olympic title and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping. Alptekin forfeited all her results from 29 July 2010, including the 2012 Olympic gold and her 2012 European Championship title.[14][15]
She returned that year after the ban was halved and its start date backdated to 2013, but has since reoffended.
On 23 September 2017, Alptekin was banned for life after a third doping offence. "We are never, ever going to allow doping," said Turkish Athletics Federation chief Fatih Çintimar.
Personal life[edit]
Alptekin returned to the tracks in 2006, motivated by her future husband İhsan Alptekin, who gave up his athletics career early to coach her.[16] The two married in 2011 in Aslı's hometown of Antalya.[17]
Alptekin was a student of physical education and sports at the Dumlupınar University in Kütahya.[18]
International competitions[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Turkey
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| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | DSQ (6th) | 3000 m s'chase | DSQ |
| 2008 | Summer Olympics | Beijing, China | 44th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 10:05.76 |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 41st (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 10:06.64 |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | DSQ (5th) | 1500 m | 4:02.17 |
| 2011 | Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | DSQ (1st) | 1500 m | 4:05.56 |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | DSQ (3rd) | 1500 m | 4:08.74 NR |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | DSQ (1st) | 4:05.31 | ||
| Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom | DSQ (1st) | 4:10.23 | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Klüplerarası Kros Ligi 1. Kademe (Bayanlar)" (in Turkish). Türk Atletizm. Retrieved 30 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Aslı Çakır 1500 metrede iddialı". Gazete 5 (in Turkish). 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Team Europe: Dobriskey, Dehiba, Çakir to spearhead continental challenge in women's 1500m". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Aslı Çakır Alptekin, Altın Madalya Kazandı". SonDakika.com (in Turkish). 21 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Eaton's World record tops tantalising second day – Istanbul 2012 – Day 2 wrap". iaaf.org. IAAF. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Incredible 5000m, world leads from Pearson and Rudisha, Greene close to UK record in Paris". Athletics Weekly. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Olympics athletics: Asli Cakir wins women's 1500m for Turkey". BBC Sport. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Chadband, Ian (1 August 2010). "Incredible 5000m, world leads from Pearson and Rudisha, Greene close to UK record in Paris". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup • Biographical Summaries IAAF; Retrieved 7 July 2012 Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hart, Simon (3 May 2013). "Turkish Olympic champion Cakir Alptekin dopes positive". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Asli Cakir Alptekin Charged With Doping". The New York Times. 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Turkish Olympic 1500-Meter Champ Cleared of Doping Charges". 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Asli Cakir Alptekin again banned". Associated Press. 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Winner of 'dirtiest race in history' Alptekin banned for life: Anadolu". Muslim Global. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin stripped of Olympic 1500m title for doping
- ^ "Unutuldu, tekrar zirveye tırmandı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Aslı Çakır Alptekin antrenmanlardan fırsat bulup düğün yapamadı". Star Gazete (in Turkish). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Kütahya'da Milli Atletlerden Rektör'e Ziyaret". SonDakika.com (in Turkish). 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
