Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990) is a Turkish middle-distance runner. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The tall athlete at is coached by Gülnara Mamadova.
She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Merve Aydın repeated her silver medal wins in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China.
Merve Aydın qualified for participation in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was injured during the second lap of her qualifying Olympic run on 8 Aug 2012. Despite the injury she refused to withdraw and limped to the finish line coming in last in her heat to a standing ovation with a time of 3:24:35.
Achievements Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China36th (h)800m2:17.162008World Junior Championships in AthleticsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd800 m2:00.92 NJ2011European Team Championships-First Leagueİzmir, Turkey1st4 × 400 m relay3:29.40 NREuropean Athletics U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic1st800 m2:00.46 SBSummer UniversiadeShenzhen, China8th800 m2:11.912nd4 × 400 m relay3:30.142012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey6th (h)800 m2:01.19 iNR
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