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}} Karin Melis Mey, née Karin Mey, (born 31 May 1983) is a South African-born Turkish female long jumper. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen in June 2008, and took the name Melis in addition to her birth name Karin Mey. The tall athlete at is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where she is coached by Charley Strohmenger. Representing South Africa, one of her first international appearances was a sixth place finish at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She represented her adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the qualifying stages of the long jump.〔(Karin Melis ). Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.〕 She was also sixth at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final that year. Melis Mey qualified for the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships but did not make the final. Outdoors she was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and also in the First League of the 2009 European Team Championships. She won the bronze medal by jumping 6.80 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin – her first major medal. She jumped at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but did not progress beyond the qualifying round. Her personal best jump is 6.93 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Bad Langensalza, which is the South African record for the event. In July 2009 she set a Turkish record of 6.87 metres〔(Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Championship )〕〔(The Champion, Fenerbahçe )〕 Mey qualified for participation in long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.〔 She qualified for the final, but was pulled after testing positive for testosterone. The positive sample was from the European Championships.〔(Athlete pulled from Olympic final for doping ), supersport.com, 18 September 2012〕She received a two year suspension, which expired on 7 August 2014.〔(List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an anti-doping rule violation under IAAF Rules ). IAAF (April 2014). Retrieved 2014-04-15.〕 ==See also== *List of eligibility transfers in athletics *List of doping cases in athletics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karin Melis Mey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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