Meryem_Akdağ

Meryem Akda

Meryem Akda

Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner

Meryem Akda, also spelled Akdağ (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]

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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]

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    "Meryem Akda". All Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Meryem Akda". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Mertem Akda". European Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Türkcell Süper Lig 1.Kademe Yarışmaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu - Mersin Atletizm İl Temsilciliği. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "3 atlet daha Rio vizesi aldı". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "Mersin'de Olimpiyat'a üç kota daha". Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

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