Nagihan Karadere

Nagihan Karadere
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 39)
Kadirli, Osmaniye Province, Turkey
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event400 metres
ClubBotaşspor Club
Coached byMuharrem Or
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400 m 54.82 (2006)
  • 400 m hurdles 55.09 NR (2011)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen 400 m hurdles

Nagihan Karadere (born 27 December 1984) is a Turkish short-distance and hurdles runner. She is the first and only female athlete to run under 56sec in the 400m hurdles. Turkey's record rating in the 400m hurdles is 55.09 seconds. She competed in the Olympics, passing the threshold at the 2012 London Olympics.[1]

She won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China[2] and a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the same competition.

Karadere set a new national record in 400 m hurdles event at the Turkish Super League Final held on July 31, 2011, in Ankara.

She qualified for participation in 400 m hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] where she was disqualified for a false start. She was a contestant in Turkish Survivor in 2016 in the Dominican Republic, and appeared in Survivor again in 2022 and 2024.[4][5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2011 Summer Universiade Shenzhen, China 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.81
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.14
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 26th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.76
15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.15

Competitions

Year Competition Results
2016 Survivor Ünlüler-Volunteers 5th
2018 Survivor 2018: Ünlüler-Volunteers Allstar 2nd
2022 Survivor All Star 6th

References

  1. ^ "Sporcular / Atletizm: Nagehan Karadere". Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  2. ^ "Günün tek madalyası Nagihan'dan." Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  3. ^ "Sporcular/Atletizm-Nagehan Karadere" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı-Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. ^ "Nagihan Karadere: Bir daha asla Survivor'a katılmam". NTV. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Nagihan Karadere, maruz bırakıldığı istismarı anlattı: 'Mutfakta arkamdan sarıldı'". Cumhuriyet. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.


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