Tuğçe_Şahutoğlu
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu
Turkish hammer thrower
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (born 1 May 1988 in Mersin, Turkey) is a Turkish female hammer thrower. The 1.80 m (5.9 ft) tall athlete at 115 kg (254 lb) was a member of Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team before she transferred to Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Muzaffer Tolun.[1] She was a student of physical education at the vocational college of Aksaray University.[2][3]
Şahutoğlu began with hammer throw at the age of twelve promoted by her teacher of physical education. She holds records at the national level in several age categories.[2] In May 2012, she improved her personal best from 70.09 m achieved in 2011 to 74.17 m breaking the national record that was held by Sviatlana Sudak with 70.74 m set in July 2008 at Minsk, Belarus.[1][4][5][6]
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu participated in the hammer throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 24th in the qualification round and failed to make the final.[3][5]
Şahutoğlu tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in May 2013 and was given a two-year ban from competition. The Turkish Athletics Federation named her in August 2013 as one of 31 Turkish athletes to have been sanctioned for a doping offence in that year. Her period of ineligibility lasted until 7 June 2015.[7][8] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 10th in her qualifying pool, not reaching the final.[1]
