Serap Aktaş

{{Short description|Turkish runner}}

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| name = Serap Aktaş

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| sport = Long-distance

| nationality = {{TUR}}

| club = Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|25}}

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| height= {{convert|1.63|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| weight= {{convert|46|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| coach = Neşe ÇETİN

| pb = *1500 m 4:20.90 (1994)NR

• 1 mile 4:49.43 (1994) NR
• 3000 m 9:07.04 (1994)NR
• 5000 m 15:53.76 (1995) NR
• 10000 m 32:59.76 (1994) NR
• Half marathon 1:13:17 (1997) NR
• Marathon 2:31:43 (1999)NR

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{TUR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Marathons }}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Istanbul | Marathon}}

{{MedalCompetition | Mediterranean Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Bari | Marathon}}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Tunis | Marathon}}

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Serap Aktaş (born September 25, 1971 in Ceyhan, Turkey) is a Turkish female middle and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=A/country=TUR/athcode=68069/index.html|publisher=IAAF |title=Athletes-Biographies-Aktas Serap TUR |accessdate=2008-10-27 }} She holds various Turkish records.

In 1994, she finished the Istanbul Marathon first in the women's category, an achievement not reached yet by any other Turkish female athlete. She won the gold medal in women's marathon at the 1997 Mediterranean Games held in Bari, Italy. Serap Aktaş represented Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in marathon finishing 23rd and 37th respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/serap-aktas-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031547/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/serap-aktas-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |publisher=Sports Reference |title=Olympic Sports - Serap Aktaş |accessdate=2008-10-27 }}