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Süreyya Ayhan

1978 - Today

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Süreyya Ayhan Kop (born September 6, 1978) is a Turkish former female middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for life by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) due to her second anti-doping rule violation. Ayhan ran for the sports clubs MTA Ankara and Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She then joined the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Süreyya Ayhan is the 5,246th most popular athlete (down from 4,363rd in 2024), the 1,525th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,466th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Turkish Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Süreyya Ayhan ranks 1,177Before her are Brian Patrick Wade, Serginho Baiano, Yuki Hamano, Dirk Schrade, Laura Bertram, and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum. After her are Thomas Lamparter, Steve Savidan, Robert Mambo Mumba, Oleksandr Serdyuk, Constantino Zaballa, and Fernando Prass.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Süreyya Ayhan ranks 1,525 out of 1,347Before her are Hamide Bıkçın (1978), İsmail Köybaşı (1989), Hande Kader (1993), Feryal Özel (1975), Yakup Kılıç (1986), and Zeynep Sever (1989). After her are Sinan Güler (1983), Necip Uysal (1991), Ömer Onan (1978), Soner Demirtaş (1991), Mahmut Tekdemir (1988), and Harun Tekin (1989).

Among ATHLETES In Türkiye

Among athletes born in Türkiye, Süreyya Ayhan ranks 12Before her are Müzahir Sille (1931), Mehmet Akif Pirim (1968), Mahmut Demir (1970), Mehmet Özal (1978), Nur Tatar (1992), and Hamide Bıkçın (1978). After her are Sibel Özkan (1988), Nurcan Taylan (1983), Bahri Tanrıkulu (1980), Hülya Şenyurt (1973), Aslı Çakır Alptekin (1985), and Eşref Apak (1982).