Özge Akın (née Gürler, born June 17, 1985) is a Turkish sprinter competing in the

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events. She is the current Turkish record holder of the

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events. Following her marriage to her coach, her surname changed to Akın, although she was also subsequently known by the surname Akın-Gürler. Competing initially in the

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and running sprint and middle distance, she specialized in 400 m and 400 m hurdles following her coach's recommendation.

Özge Özge is a common female Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Özge" means "Different", "Distinct", "Unique", "Ablude", and/or "Daredevil". People * Çağıl Özge Özkul (born 1988), Turkish beauty pageant titleholder * Özge Akın (born 1985), Tu ...

Gürler was a member of İzmir Gençlik sports club,

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, Ankara MTA and

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Metropolitan Municipality sports club before she transferred to

Enkaspor Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 3 ...

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. She studied Physical Education and Sports at the

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

in Izmir. Özge Gürler participated at the

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in the

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, 400 m hurdles and 4 × 400 m relay events. She ran bronze medal with her teammates

Birsen Bekgöz Birsen Bekgöz (previously known under the married names Birsen Yavuz and Birsen Engin; born October 18, 1980) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team. She studied at ...

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and

Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athletics ...

in 4 × 400 m relay. She was admitted to the Turkey's national athletic team at the

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for the 400 m hurdles despite an injury at her foot. However, since her injury could not be cured out completely, she did not show at the competition's final run. Özge Akın qualified for participation in the

4 × 400 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smalles ...

event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay event with her teammates

Birsen Engin Birsen is a common feminine Turkish given name. It is also used as a surname, and less commonly a masculine given name. The name is produced by using two Turkish words: Bir and Sen. In Turkish, "Bir" means "One", and "Sen" means "You". Thus, "Birs ...

Esma Aydemir Esma Aydemir (born January 1, 1992, in Karakeçili, Kırıkkale Province, Turkey) is a Turkish middle distance and long-distance runner competing mostly in the 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m and marathon events. She began with running in K ...

and Sema Apak as well as a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles event at the

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held in

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* 1985 births Living people People from Akhisar Enkaspor athletes Turkish female sprinters Ege University alumni Turkish female hurdlers Olympic athletes of Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Manisa Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub