Binnaz Uslu

Who is Binnaz Uslu?

Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. The 165 cm tall athlete at 55 kg is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she is coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu is a student at the Gazi Üniversitesi in Ankara.

She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Birsen Bekgöz and Pınar Saka in 3:40.75 minutes. In 2006 at the 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy she won the gold medal in the under 23 section.

Uslu failed a drug test for doping taken by the IAAF during a camp in Antalya, Turkey on March 13, 2007. She was banned from athletics from March 2007 to March 2009. Her coach Yahya Sevüktekin was also banned.

She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships behind Jessica Augusto.