Süreyya Ayhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Süreyya Ayhan

Turkish middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1978

Place of Birth: Korgun, Turkey

Profession: athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.
She holds Turkish records in 800 m (2:00.64) and 1500 m (3:55.33).
She became the first Turkish woman ever to reach an Olympic semi-final 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 1500 m in two consecutive years 2002 and 2003.