that Ayhan had not taken performance-enhancing drugs, but said the athlete had broken testing rules, and she was banned for two years. She returned to competition but failed another test while she was training in the United States in November 2007, this time after her sample tested positive for the steroids stanozolol and methandienone metabolites. This second offence meant she received a lifetime ban from the sport, but she contested the ruling, taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Turkish Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her ban to four years. Ayhan took the banning to the CAS in Lausanne, however the international court reversed the decision in November 2009, upholding the lifetime ban. Dedications On May 26, 2003, The Turkish Mint issued a 925 silver commemoration coin worth of 10 US dollars in honor of her. Personal bests Progression National titles Turkish Athletics Championships 1500 m: 1999 Turkish Clubs Athletics Championships 800 m: 2000 International competitions Circuit wins Turkish Stars Indoor Championship 800 m: 1993 (2:18 ) Israeli Championships 1500 m: 1996, 1997 Memorial Van Damme 1500 m: 2002 (3:57:75 ), 2003 (3:55:33 ) ISTAF 1500 m: 2002, 2003 Weltklasse Zürich 1500 m: 2003 (3:55:60 ) See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences Turkish women in sports References 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Çankırı Turkish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Fenerbahçe athletes European champions for Turkey Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) European Athlete of the Year winners Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportswomen