Sureyya Ayhan

Sureyya Ayhan (Turkish full name: Süreyya Ayhan Kop) is a Turkish middle distance track runner and was an European record holder, born on September 6, 1978 in Korgun, Çank?r?, Turkey.

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Turkish full name - Turkish - Middle distance - Track runner - September 6 - 1978 - Çank?r?

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Her father is a former amateur athlete, a local cross-country champion of her hometown Çank?r?. He was both a role model and supporter for young Süreyya when she started athletics in the junior high school. In 1992, she started running competitively at the Athletics Training Center in Çank?r?. "It was during a local championship and there my present coach Yücel Kop discovered me. I loved running since I was a little girl. I think it is the only activity that evolves and I still do" she said once. She graduated from the Kahramanmara? Sütçü ?mam Üniversitesi in sport and physical education.

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Cross-country - Junior high school - 1992 - Coach - Kahramanmara? Sütçü ?mam Üniversitesi - Sport - Physical education

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Ayhan ran for the sports clubs MTA, Ankara and Fenerbahçe, Istanbul. Recently, she is in the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club. She already holds Turkish records in 800m (2:00:64) and 1500m (3:55:33). She became the first Turkish woman ever to reach an Olympic semifinal during her participation in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The next year, she became the first Turkish woman to reach a World Championship final. She was the best European woman athlete running 1500m in two consecutive years 2002 and 2003.

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Ankara - Fenerbahçe - Istanbul - Gaziantep - 2000 Summer Olympics - Sydney - Australia - 2002 - 2003

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