Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu
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| Born | 25 May 1993 Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||||
| Education | Physical Education and Sport | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University | |||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||
| Disability | Visual impairment | |||||||||||
| Disability class | T12 | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m, 1500m | |||||||||||
| Club | Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds SC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu (born 25 May 1993) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T12 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.[1]
Private life
[edit]Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu was born in Ankara, Turkey on 25 May 1993.[1] She studied Physical Education and Sport at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.[2]
Sport career
[edit]Kılınç Çırakoğlu is a member of Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds Sport Club in Ankara.[1]
She won the gold medal in the 1500m T12 event at the seventh leg of the 2019 IPC Para-Athletich World Grand Prix held in Tunisia.[2] At the 2021 IPC Para-Athletics World Grand Prix in Dubaş, United Arab Emirates, she captured the gold medal in the 400m T12 event, and set a new Turkish national record with 59.16.[3] She took the gold medal in the 400m T12 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Göz Muayeneleri" (in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ a b "3 July 2019". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Para atlet Sevda Kılınç Çıkaroğlu tarihe geçti!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ ""Sizi milletin evinde ağırlamayı dört gözle bekliyorum"". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Ankara
- Female competitors in athletics with disabilities
- Turkish blind people
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners
- Turkish female middle-distance runners
- Turkish female sprinters
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen