Fadime Suna Çelik (born October 25, 1986, in

Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

) is a Turkish female middle distance and long distance runner. She is a member of the

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. Fadime Suna began her athletic career after an unsuccessful start in basketball in primary school. She says she is thankful to her teacher, who drew her attention to running. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 m event at the

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held in

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. In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the

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held in Doha, Qatar, however, she did not finish her race.

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Eskişehir Turkish female long-distance runners Turkish female middle-distance runners Turkish female steeplechase runners Beşiktaş J.K. athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub