ERDOGAN Meryem

Date of Birth: 24 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Ethiopia

Place of residence : ISTANBUL

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Marathon	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Women's Marathon Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Marathon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	112th (2:54:04)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, Turkish

Besiktas [Istanbul, TUR]

General Interest

General
COMPETING FOR TURKEY
She was born in Ethiopia, but at age 16 left the country without identification documents and went to Lebanon. While there a fellow Ethiopian advised her to try and get to Turkey and find Ertan Hatipoglu, who coached Ethiopian-born distance runner Elvan Abeylegesse. She entered Turkey, and spent time in a refugee camp until she received her Ethiopian passport. She met with Hatipoglu who acknowledged her as an athlete with potential. She represented Ethiopia under the name Mariam Tanga until 2010 when she received Turkish citizenship and took the name Meryem Erdogan, after Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (haberturk.com, 17 Nov 2015; hurriyet.com.tr, 07 Jun 2010; IAAF, 22 Feb 2009)

SANCTION
In 2012 she received a two-year suspension from the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] for an anti-doping rule violation based on an abnormal athlete biological passport profile. (IAAF, 25 Jul 2012)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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