Born to Bayram Karakuş and his wife Hatice in the outskirts of Antalya, she was discovered at the age of eleven as a sprinter. She won several races in her age category and became soon a national athlete.[1]
She qualified to participate in the 100 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics by improving her national record for juniors from 11.53 to 11.33.[5]
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nimet, karakuş, born, january, 1993, korkuteli, antalya, province, turkey, turkish, sprinter, competing, events, tall, athlete, member, fenerbahçe, athletics, where, coached, alper, başyiğit, 2012, summer, olympicspersonal, informationnationalityturkishborn, 1. Nimet Karakus born January 23 1993 in Korkuteli Antalya Province Turkey is a Turkish sprinter competing in the 100 m and 200 m events 1 The 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in tall athlete at 64 kg 141 lb is a member of Fenerbahce Athletics where she is coached by Alper Basyigit 2 3 4 Nimet KarakusNimet Karakus at the 2012 Summer OlympicsPersonal informationNationalityTurkishBorn 1993 01 23 January 23 1993 age 31 Korkuteli Antalya Province TurkeyHeight1 68 m 5 ft 6 in Weight64 kg 141 lb SportSportRunningEvent s 100 m 200 mClubFenerbahce AthleticsCoached byAlper BasyigitAchievements and titlesPersonal bests100 m 11 33 2012 200 m 23 40 2013 Medal record Women s Athletics Representing Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang 100 m 2013 Palembang 4 100 m relay Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 200 m Born to Bayram Karakus and his wife Hatice in the outskirts of Antalya she was discovered at the age of eleven as a sprinter She won several races in her age category and became soon a national athlete 1 She qualified to participate in the 100 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics by improving her national record for juniors from 11 53 to 11 33 5 AT the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang Indonesia Karakus won a silver medal in the 100 m event and a gold medal in the 4 100 m relay with her teammates Saliha Ozyurt Birsen Engin and Sema Apak 6 Achievements editYear Competition Venue Position Event Notes 2008 International Youth Match Antalya Turkey 5th 100 m 12 67 J 7 5th 200 m 26 56 J 7 2010 Balkan Youth Championships Edirne Turkey 2nd 100 m 12 25 J 8 2nd 4 100 m 48 27 J 8 World Junior Championships Moncton New Brunswick Canada 30th h 100m 12 33 wind 0 3 m s 22nd sf 200m 24 36 wind 1 6 m s 2012 Balkan Junior Championships Eskisehir Turkey 1st 100 m 11 33 J World Junior Championships Barcelona Spain 2nd 100 m 11 36 J 2013 17th Mediterranean Games Mersin Turkey 3rd 200 m 23 40 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang Indonesia 2nd 100 m 12 11 1st 4 100 m relay 46 59References edit a b Halis Mujgan 2007 04 29 Antalya nin ruzgar kizi Nimet Sabah in Turkish Retrieved 2012 06 24 Turk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatinda Atletizm Nimet Karakus in Turkish GSB Archived from the original on 2013 10 05 Retrieved 2012 07 07 European Athletics Junior Championships Tallinn EST European Athletics Retrieved 2012 06 24 Karakus tan Cetinkaya ziyaret in Turkish Turk Atletizm Retrieved 2012 06 24 Balkan Gencler Rekorla Basladi in Turkish Turkiye Atletizm Federasyonu Archived from the original on 2012 12 22 Retrieved 2012 06 24 Athletics Results The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games Archived from the original on 2013 09 30 Retrieved 2013 10 03 a b International Youth Match 2008 IAAF Retrieved 2012 06 24 dead link a b Balkan Youth Championships 2010 Atletizm Archived from the original on 2012 11 30 Retrieved 2012 06 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link External links editKarakus Nimet at World Athletics nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Turkish athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nimet Karakus amp oldid 1218606132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
