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Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner

Meryem Akda

Meryem Akda in 2018

Personal information

Birth name

Mirriam Jepchirchir Maiyo

Nationality

Born

(1992-08-05) August 5, 1992 (age 32)
Nairobi, Kenya

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)

Weight

51 kg (112 lb)

Sport

Club

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Turkey
European Team Championships
	2017 Lille	1500 m

Meryem Akda, also spelled Akdağ (born Mirriam Jepchirchir Maiyo on August 5, 1992) is a Turkish female middle-distance and long-distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m events. She is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul.

She competed for Kenya until May 21, 2015. On March 13, 2016, she became officially eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.

Akda earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m and another one for Women's 3000 m steeplechase event in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

"Meryem Akda". All Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"Meryem Akda". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
^ "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"Mertem Akda". European Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"Türkcell Süper Lig 1.Kademe Yarışmaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu - Mersin Atletizm İl Temsilciliği. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"3 atlet daha Rio vizesi aldı". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
"Mersin'de Olimpiyat'a üç kota daha". Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

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