Binnaz Uslu

Binnaz Uslu
Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	March 12, 1985; Ankara, Turkey
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	middle-distance and long-distance running
Club	Enkaspor
Coached by	Yahya Sevüktekin
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1000 m: 2:41.79 NR junior (2006); 1500 m: 4:11.36 (2010); 3000 m: 9:06.82 (2010); 3000 m st: 9:24.06 NR (2011); 5000 m: 15:57.21 (2005); 10,000 m: 34:34.79 (2006);
Medal record
European Cross Country Championships
Mediterranean Games
Universiade

Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985 in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation.

The 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu was a student at the Gazi University in Ankara.

She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and Pınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy she won the gold medal in the under 23 section.

She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto.

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