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| Born | 20 July 1993 Tuzluca, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 100 cm (sitting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T53/T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bağcılar Belediyesi Disabled SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ömer Cantay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 20 July 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T54 disability class events of 100m, 400m and 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.[1][2]
Early years
[edit]Zübeyde Süpürgeci was born on 20 July 1993.[2] She was disabled from birth. Until the age of 16, she did not even want to go out. She discovered a new world when people around her took her to the Disableds' Palace of Bağcılar Municipality.[3] Her younger brother Muhammet was also born disabled.[4]
Sporting career
[edit]Süpürgeci started with para athletics in 2011.[3] She began her sporting career through her coach Ömer Cantay.[4] In 2012, she was admitted to the para-athletics team of Bağcılar Belediyesi Disabled SK in Istanbul.[4][5][3]
In 2012, she captured the gold medal in the 100m T54 event at the Czech Open - Athletics tournament held in Olomouc.[5] She became bronze medalist in the 100m T54 event at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.[6]
Süpürgeci finished the women's wheelchair category of the 2013 Istanbul Marathon at second place in 2:58:30 following her clubmate Hamide Kurt.[7]
She took the bronze medal in the 100m T54 event at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.[1]
At the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, she won the gold medal in the 100m T54 and the silver medal in the 200m T54 event.[8]
At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the bronze medal in the 200m T54 event and the gold medal in the 400m T54 event. She became bronze medalist in the 100m T54 and silver medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay T53/T54 event of the 2016 IPC Grand Prix.[8]
Süpürgeci competed at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]
She won the gold medal in the 800 m T54 event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[9] She became European champion in the 200m T54 event at the 2018 IPC Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany breaking the championship record with 30.96.[10] She captured the gold medal in the 100m T54 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and set a championship record with 16.83.[11] She won further the silver medal in the 400m T54 event in the same championship.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biography Overview - Supurgeci Zubeyde". Paralympics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Zubeyde Supurgeci". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Tekerlekli sandalyeyle tarih yazdı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Bedensel engelli Zübeyde Süpürgeci ablasının yolunda". Türkiye (in Turkish). 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Hamide ve Zübeyde yine şampiyon" (in Turkish). Bağcılar Belediyesi. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Zübeyde Süpürgeci Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". İstanbul Times (in Turkish). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "İşte İstanbul Maratonu'nda kazananlar". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Paralimpik Kota Alan Sporcularımız - Atletizm Zübeyde Süpürgeci" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Milli atlet Zübeyde Süpürgeci altın madalya kazandı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Zübeyde ve Hamide altın madalyaya koştu". Sabah (in Turkish). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Er, Sinem; Muhammes Boztepe (1 June 2021). "Para milli atlet Zübeyde Süpürgeci Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Para milli atletlerden 4 madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Zübeyde Süpürgeci at World Athletics
- Zübeyde Süpürgeci at the International Paralympic Committee
- Zübeyde Süpürgeci at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- Zübeyde Süpürgeci at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
