Rabia Akyürek

Rabia Akyürek
Personal information
Full nameRabia Akyürek Varıcı
NationalityTurkish
Born (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25)
Turkey
Sport
SportWomen's Wheelchair Basketball
Disability class2.0
ClubPendik Bld Anadolu Yakası SK
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Turkey

Rabia Akyürek Varıcı (born Rabia Akyürek; 10 February 1999) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player. She is part of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.


Club career

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Akyürek started playing wheelchair basketball in 2013 with the initiative of her physical education teacher.[1]

She plays as the only female member in the Pendik Bld Anadolu Yakası SK in Istanbul.[2]

Akyürek plays with disability class 2.0.[3]

International career

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Akhyürek played for the Turkey women's natioanal under-25 wheelchair basketball team at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[3]

She is a meber of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.[1][4] She played at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 2019 in Rotterdam, Netherlands,[5] 2021 in Madrid, Spain,[6] and in 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[4]

Personal life

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Rabia Akyürek was born on 10 February 1999.[2] She contracted spinal cord paralysis after heart surgery at the age of four. She lives in Istanbul. [1]

She serves as a teacher of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge at TOKİ Esenkent Middle School in Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Avşar, Halil İbrahim (26 March 2017). "Milli sporcu yazar olmak istiyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Pendik Bld. Anadolu Yakası SK - Rabia Akyürek" (in Turkish). Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Turkey Team Roster". 2023 IWBF U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Bangkok Thailand. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "TUR 23-57 FRA". FIBA Live Stats. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ "2019 European Championship for Women, Division A - Türkiye Player List". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ^ "2021 European Championship for Women, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Rabia Akyürek Varıxı - DKAB Öğretmenı" (in Turkish). T.C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - İstanbul Ümraniye TOKİ Esenkent Ortaokulu. Retrieved 19 July 2024.