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Mesme Taşbağ

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Mesme Taşbağ
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1981-09-07) 7 September 1981 (age 43)
Iğdır, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportJudo
Event+70 kg
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Judo
Paralympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +70 kg
IBSA World Championships and Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul +70 kg
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Odivelas +70 kg

Mesme Taşbağ (born 7 September 1981) is a Turkish visually impaired judoka (disability class B3) competing in the heavyweight (+70 kg) division.[1][2] She is a physician by profession.[3]

Early life

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Mesme Taşbağ was born in Iğdır, Turkey on 9 July 1981. She was educated in medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun graduating in 2008.[3] She served five years long in her hometown in Iğdır. Currently, she works as a physician in the emergency service of the Yunus Emre Hospital in Eskişehir.[4][5]

Sporting career

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Taşbağ began in Iğdır with performing judo as she wanted to stay in shape. During this time, she developed keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye leading to 40% loss of her visual acuity.[5]

At the 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in Seoul, South Korea, she took a bronze medal in the +70 kg event.[6] She won the gold medal in the heavyweight (+70 kg) event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[7] She obtained so a quota spot for the Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3][5]

Taşbağ was the flag bearer at the parade of nations of Rio de Janeiro 2016.[8] She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Mesme Tasbag". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Mesme Tasbag – Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Mesme Taşbağ kimdir?". Anadolu (in Turkish). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ^ Uçak, Soner (30 November 2014). "Dr. Mesme Taşbağ lütfen mindere". Son Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Kilo vermek için başladı, Rio'da şampiyonluğu hedefliyor". Ak Haber (in Turkish). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ^ "IBSA World Games Seoul – Event". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Mesme Tasbag – Judo Results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Rio'da 4. madalyamız Mesne Taşbağ'dan". Sabah (in Turkish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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Paralympics
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Turkey
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by
incumbent