Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz
Personal information
Birth name	Sızmaz
Nationality	Turkey
Born	November 16, 1978 (age 43)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance
Club	Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Marathon - 2:31:13 (2006);
hide Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Turkey
Marathons
Mediterranean Games

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, (born November 16, 1978) is a Turkish long-distance runner, who specialized in marathon.^[1]

She won the gold medal in women's marathon at the 2001 Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia. She set a women's course record on the way to victory at the 2009 Madrid Marathon.^[2] She made a strong start at the 2010 Düsseldorf Marathon in April, but ended up dropping out after leading the race early on.^[3]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1999	21st Istanbul Marathon^[4]	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	15 km	53:48
2001	2001 Mediterranean Games^[5]	Tunis, Tunisia	1st	Marathon	2.40.48
2003	23rd Istanbul Marathon^[4]	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	Marathon	2:39:13
2007	29th Istanbul Marathon^[4]	Istanbul, Turkey	7th	Marathon	2:37:41
2008	30th Istanbul Marathon	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	Marathon	2:33:17
2009	32nd Madrid Marathon^[6]	Madrid, Spain	1st	Marathon	2:32:04

Personal bests[]

Marathon - 2:31:13 (2006)^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Athletes-Biographies-Dogan-Sizmaz Mehtap TUR". IAAF. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
^ Valiente, Emeterio (2009-04-26). Yaseen and Sizmaz are successful at Madrid Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-29.
^ Wenig, Jörg (2010-05-02). 2:08:32 course record for Musinschi in Dusseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-02.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Avrasya Maratonu - Mehtap Sızmaz". Abdil Ceylan. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
^ "Tunus pistinde altın kızlar" (in Turkish). Radikal. 2001-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
^ "Madrid Marathon 2009 results" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-24.

External links[]

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz at World Athletics

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[iaaf-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Athletes-Biographies-Dogan-Sizmaz Mehtap TUR". IAAF. Retrieved 2008-10-27.

[2] Valiente, Emeterio (2009-04-26). Yaseen and Sizmaz are successful at Madrid Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-29.

[3] Wenig, Jörg (2010-05-02). 2:08:32 course record for Musinschi in Dusseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-02.

[ac-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Avrasya Maratonu - Mehtap Sızmaz". Abdil Ceylan. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-27.

[5] "Tunus pistinde altın kızlar" (in Turkish). Radikal. 2001-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-27.

[6] "Madrid Marathon 2009 results" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-24.

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show v t Mediterranean Games champions in women's marathon
1993: Helena Javornik (SLO) 1997: Serap Aktaş (TUR) 2001: Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz (TUR) 2005^†: Zhor El Kamch (MAR) 2009: Anna Incerti (ITA) 2013: Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2018: Sara Dossena (ITA)
^† At the 2005 Mediterranean Games the event was replaced by the half marathon