Büşra Ün (born 19 May 1994) is a Turkish female

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wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, a ...

player.

Early years

Büşra Ün was born in Izmir. At the age of six-and-half-months, her parents noticed that she has no feeling at her feet. She was diagnosed with

neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma (NB) is a type of cancer that forms in certain types of nerve tissue. It most frequently starts from one of the adrenal glands but can also develop in the neck, chest, abdomen, or spine. Symptoms may include bone pain, a lump in the ...

having a malignant tumor in her right

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. After one-and-half-year-long

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and two surgeries, the tumor was removed. However, due to damaged nerves, she became

paraplegic Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...

. Currently, she is a student of

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Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

in Izmir.

Playing career

She began with table tennis playing, and then switched over to wheelchair tennis in February 2009 as she was studying in the high school's fourth grade in

Buca Buca (, ) is a district of İzmir Province, Turkey. It is one of the main urban districts of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. History Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of İzmir's community of Levantines. The great mansions they bui ...

. She plays right handed. She is Turkish champion in the women's and junior's category. In 2010, she won the Balkan Championship. She is on the third place in the world's under-18 ranking. In the world's list, she climbed up to the 30th place. Ün obtained a quota spot at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. She is so the first ever Turkish wheelchair tennis player to represent her country at the Paralympics.

References

Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish female tennis players Turkish wheelchair tennis players Ege University alumni People with paraplegia Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Turkey Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub