Öznur Cüre Girdi (, born 1 October 1997) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the women's
compound bow
In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent w ...
W2 event. She is Paralympics, world and European champion, and holds a world records.
Sport career
During her physical therapy for paralysis in hospitals away from home, Cüre started playing
sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability organized by World ParaVolley. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must sit on the floor to play.
History
Sitting volleyball was invented in t ...
. 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.
She is tall at . She competes in the W2 wheelchair disability class of
compound bow
In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent w ...
events. She is coached by Elanur Karakoç and Hasan Basri Hancı.
2020
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
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, United Arab Emirates.
She competed at the 2020 World Qualification Tournament in
Nové Město nad Metují
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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.
She represented
Turkey
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at the delayed
2020 Summer Paralympics
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Bülent Korkmaz
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Korkmaz was a one ...
2020 Summer Paralympics
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Dubai
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, United Arab Emirates and , s won the gold medal in the final.
Plzeň
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2024 Summer Paralympics
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in
Paris
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, France, and qualified for the Elimination rounds taking the first place. She claimed the gold medal in the Women's individual event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics beating the Iranian Fatemeh Hemmati.
Personal life
Öznurr Cüre was born in
Kağıthane
Kağıthane (, also ''Kâğıthane''), formerly Sadâbad () and Glykà Nerà (Greek: Γλυκά Νερά, , 'sweet waters') is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 455,943 (2022). ...
district of
Istanbul
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, Turkey on 1 October 1997. She has two older sisters and a young brother.
In 2014 returning from
Ordu
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Name
Kotyora, the origina ...
to
Istanbul
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, 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. She received physical therapy in
Bolu
Bolu is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,Düzce
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She attended
Istanbul Aydın University
Istanbul Aydın University () is a private university founded on May 18, 2007, in Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called Ea ...
studying
Sport management
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in the Faculty of Sports science.
In February 2023, she married to Fatih Girdi from
Zonguldak
Zonguldak () is a List of cities in Turkey, city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District. and appended her spouse's family name Girdi to her surname. The couple lives in Istanbul.