Pınar Saka is a Turkish

Turkey

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 female track running athlete in the sprint

Sprint (race)

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 discipline competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. She is the Turkish national record holder for 400 m.

Currently, she is a student of international business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of Nebraska at Omaha

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 in the USA. Pinar Saka is a member of the Enkaspor

Enkaspor

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 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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Pınar

Pınar

Pınar is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Pınar" means "Spring" , and/or "Fountain".-People:* Pınar İlkkaracan, Turkish human rights activist* Pınar Köksal, female Turkish composer* Pınar Kür, Turkish contemporary author...

 Saka participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

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 in Almería

Almería

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, Spain

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 in the categories 4x100 m relay, 400 m and 4x400 m relay. She ran bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 in the 4x400 m relay in 3:40.75 with her teammates Birsen Bekgöz

Birsen Bekgoz

Birsen Yavuz-Engin, aka Birsen Yavuz or Birsen Engin, née Bekgöz, is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team....

, Özge Gürler

Ozge Gurler

Özge Gürler is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint category. She is the current Turkish record holder at 400 m and 400 m hurdles disciplines....

 and Binnaz Uslu

Binnaz Uslu

Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge...

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Pinar Saka won the silver medal at the 2011 Universiade at Shenzhen with the team members of Nagihan Karadere, Merve Aydin and Meliz Redif with a time of 3.31.05.

She is doing her MBA degree at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Achievements

Her personal best performances are:

• 100 m 11.93 (2003)
• 200 m 23.97 (2003)
• 200 m Indoor 23.90
• 400 m 51.53 (2011) NR
• 400 m Indoor 52.99 (2011) NR

NR: Turkish national record