Aslı Çakır Alptekin

Aslı Çakır Alptekin

Aslı Çakır Alptekin during the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Birth name Aslı Çakır
Nationality  Turkey
Born (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Middle-distance
Club Üsküdar Belediyespor
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Results after 29 July 2010 have been forfeited
  • 1500 m: 4:04.8 (2010)
  • 3000 m st: 9:36.01 (2009)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2012 London 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Disqualified 2012 Istanbul 1500 m
Summer Universiades
Disqualified 2011 Shenzhen 1500 m
European Championships
Disqualified 2012 Helsinki 1500 m

Aslı Çakır Alptekin (born 20 August 1985 in Antalya) is a 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 is 168 cm (5.51 ft) tall and 50 kg (110 lb).[3]

Athletics career

Alptekin won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzen, 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

Çakır 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 Çakır Alptekin was one of eight athletes who tested positive for banned substances. Çakır 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 Çakır 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]

Personal life

Çakır Alptekin returned to the tracks in 2006, motivated by her future husband İhsan Alptekin, who gave up his athletics career early to coach her.[15] The two married in 2011 in Aslı's hometown of Antalya.[16]

Çakır Alptekin is a student of physical education and sports at the Dumlupınar University in Kütahya.[17]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
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

References

  1. ↑ "Klüplerarası Kros Ligi 1. Kademe (Bayanlar)" (in Turkish). Türk Atletizm. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Aslı Çakır 1500 metrede iddialı". Gazete 5 (in Turkish). 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Aslı Çakır Alptekin, Altın Madalya Kazandı". SonDakika.com (in Turkish). 21 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Eaton’s World record tops tantalising second day – Istanbul 2012 – Day 2 wrap". iaaf.org. IAAF. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Olympics athletics: Asli Cakir wins women's 1500m for Turkey". BBC Sport. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup • Biographical Summaries IAAF; Retrieved 7 July 2012 Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Hart, Simon (3 May 2013). "Turkish Olympic champion Cakir Alptekin dopes positive". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Asli Cakir Alptekin Charged With Doping". The New York Times. 3 May 2013.
  12. ↑ http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/turkish-olympic-1500-meter-champ-cleared-of-doping-charges
  13. ↑ "Asli Cakir Alptekin again banned". Associated Press. 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin stripped of Olympic 1500m title for doping
  15. ↑ "Unutuldu, tekrar zirveye tırmandı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Aslı Çakır Alptekin antrenmanlardan fırsat bulup düğün yapamadı". Star Gazete (in Turkish). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "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.
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