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Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
About Merve Aydın
- Merve Aydin (born 17 March 1990 in Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female middle distance runner.
- She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team.
- The 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is coached by Gülnara Mamadova.She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.
- Merve Aydin repeated her silver medal wins in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China. Merve Aydin qualified for participation in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- She was injured during the second lap of her qualifying Olympic run on 8 Aug 2012.
- Despite the injury she refused to withdraw and limped to the finish line coming in last in her heat to a standing ovation with a time of 3:24:35.
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