Meryem Akda
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Birth name | Mirriam Jepchirchir Maiyo | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||
Born | Nairobi, Kenya | August 5, 1992|||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Middle-distance, long-distance | |||||||||||||
Club | Enkaspor | |||||||||||||
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Meryem Akda (born Mirriam Jepchirchir Maiyo on August 5, 1992) is a Turkish female middle-distance and long-distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m events.[1][2][3][4][5] She is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul.[6]
She competed for Kenya until May 21, 2015. On March 13, 2016, she became officially eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.[3]
Akda earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m and another one for Women's 3000 m steeplechase event in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ "Meryem Akda". All Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Meryem Akda". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ a b "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Mertem Akda". European Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Türkcell Süper Lig 1.Kademe Yarışmaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu - Mersin Atletizm İl Temsilciliği. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "3 atlet daha Rio vizesi aldı". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Mersin'de Olimpiyat'a üç kota daha". Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
External links[]
Meryem Akda at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Kenyan female middle-distance runners
- Kenyan female steeplechase runners
- Kenyan female long-distance runners
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Kenyan emigrants to Turkey
- Turkish female middle-distance runners
- Turkish female steeplechase runners
- Turkish female long-distance runners
- Living people
- Enkaspor athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Turkey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey
- Turkish athletics biography stubs