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Öznur Cüre

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Öznur Cüre
Personal information
Birth nameÖznur Cüre
Full nameÖznur Cüre Girdi
NationalityTurkish
Born (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)
Kağıthane, Istanbul, Turkey
EducationSport management
Alma materIstanbul Aydın University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic archery
EventCompound bow W2
ClubOkçuluk Vakfı SK
Coached byElanur Karakoç and Hasan Basri Hancı
Medal record
Women's archery compound bow W2
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Individual compound
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team compound
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dubai Doubles compound
Gold medal – first place 2023 Plzeň Individual compound
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome Individual compound
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome Team compound
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome Individual compound
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome Mixed team compound
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Doubles compound
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam Individual compound
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam Mixed team compound

Öznur Cüre Girdi (née Öznur Cüre, born 1 October 1997) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the women's compound bow W2 event. She is Paralympics, world and European champion, and holds a world records.

Sport career

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During her physical therapy for paralysis in hospitals away from home, Cüre started playing sitting volleyball. She did not continue with this sport, however. After completing her physical therapy, she returned to Istanbul, and started her sport career in para archery in 2019, when she met para archer Bahattin Hekimoğlu, who invited her to join the Okçuluk Vakfı Sports Club.[1][2][3]

She is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall at 78 kg (172 lb). She competes in the W2 wheelchair disability class of compound bow events. She is coached by Elanur Karakoç and Hasan Basri Hancı.[2]

2020

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Cüre ranked fourth in the Compound Women Open Individual and Compound Open Mixed Team event with teammate Murat Turan at the 6th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2][4]

She competed at the 2020 World Qualification Tournament in Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic, and qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]

2021

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At the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she ranked fifth in the Compound Women Open Individual, and took the fourth place in the Compound Open Mixed Team event with Murat Turan.[5]

She represented Turkey at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Individual compound open and Mixed team compound events.[6] She won the silver medal with her teammate Bülent Korkmaz in the Mixed team compound event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]

2022

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She and her teammate Sevgi Yorulmaz set a new world record with 1,344 points in the Compound Women Open Doubles event of the Ranking round at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1] and , s won the gold medal in the final.[8]

2023

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She captured the world champion title in the Compound Women Open event at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.[1]

2024

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Cüre set a new world record with 704 points in the Ranking round of the Women's individual compound open event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, and qualified for the Elimination rounds taking the first place.[9] She claimed the gold medal in the Women's individual event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics[10] beating the Iranian Fatemeh Hemmati.

Personal life

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Öznurr Cüre was born in Kağıthane district of Istanbul, Turkey on 1 October 1997.[1] She has two older sisters and a young brother.[3]

In 2014 returning from Ordu to Istanbul, her father Kasım Cüre caused a traffic accident with the car roll-over. Her mother was paralyzed down the neck, and she from the waist down.[1][2] She received physical therapy in Bolu and later in Düzce.[3]

She attended Istanbul Aydın University studying Sport management in the Faculty of Sports science.[1]

In February 2023, she married to Fatih Girdi from Zonguldak,[11] and appended her spouse's family name Girdi to her surname.[1] The couple lives in Istanbul.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Öznur Cüre Girsi" (in Turkish). Uludağ Ekonomi Zirvesi. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Öznur Cüre" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Öznur Cüre". Motto (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "6th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament - Summary". World Atchery. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ^ "7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament - Summary". World Atchery. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Cure, Oznur". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Öznur Cüre ve Bülent Korkmaz'dan gümüş madalya". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (25 February 2022). "Para Okçuluk Dünya Şampiyonası'nda Öznur Cüre ve Sevgi Yorulmaz altın madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (29 August 2024). "Milli para okçu Öznur Cüre Girdi, dünya ve paralimpik oyunlar rekoru kırarak birinci oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Para Archery - Women's Individual Compound Open Gold Medal Match 57 CURE GIRDI Oznur vs HEMMATI Fatemeh Results". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Zonguldak'in gururu oldu". Aba Medya (in Turkish). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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