Zübeyde Süpürgeci

Zübeyde Süpürgeci
Personal information
Born (1993-07-20) July 20, 1993
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Athletics
Disability class T53/T54
Club Bağcılar Belediyesi Disabled SK
Coached by Ömer Cantay

Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born July 20, 1993) is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete competing in the T54 disability class events of 100m, 400m and 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4×400m relay event.[1][2]

Early years

Zübeyde Süpürgeci was born on July 20, 1993.[2] Her younger brother Muhammet also is disabled-born as she.[3]

Sporting career

Süpürgeci began her sporting career through her coach Ömer Cantay.[3] She is a member of the para-athletics team of Bağcılar Belediyesi Disabled SK in Istanbul.[3][4]

In 2012, she captured the gold medal in the 100m T54 event at the Czech Open - Athletics tournament held in Olomouc.[4] She became bronze medalist in the 100m T54 event at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.[5]

Süpürgeci finished the women's wheelchair category of the 2013 Istanbul Marathon at second place in 2:58:30 following her clubmate Hamide Kurt.[6]

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.[7]

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 4x400m relay T53/T54 event of the 2016 IPC Grand Prix.[7]

Süpürgeci competed at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography Overview - Supurgeci Zubeyde". Paralympics. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. 1 2 "Zubeyde Supurgeci". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bedensel engelli Zübeyde Süpürgeci ablasının yolunda". Türkiye (in Turkish). 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. 1 2 "Hamide ve Zübeyde yine şampiyon" (in Turkish). Bağcılar Belediyesi. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. "Zübeyde Süpürgeci Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". İstanbul Times (in Turkish). 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  6. "İşte İstanbul Maratonu'nda kazananlar". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  7. 1 2 "Paralimpik Kota Alan Sporcularımız - Atletizm Zübeyde Süpürgeci" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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