Gülbin Su (born 7 June 1971) is a Turkish

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archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...

competing in the women's

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event.

Early years

Gülbin Su was born to an

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family in

Samandağ Samandağ, formerly known as Süveydiye (), is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 384 km2, and its population is 123,447 (2022). It lies at the mouth of the Asi River on the Mediterranean coast, near Turkey's ...

district of

Hatay Province Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province ...

on 7 June 1971. She is disabled due to her contraction with

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at age of three. She graduated in Job Training from the Faculty of Education at

Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (, ICUA) is a public higher educational institution located in Ağrı, Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. It was formerly the Faculty of Education linked to the Atatürk University of Erzurum. In 2007, the facility wa ...

. She lives in Reyhanlı, Hatay, where she works as a painting teacher in an elementary school.

Sporting career

Su began with archery in 2002 by chance while she was waiting at a bus stop. She was contacted by the national team coach, who was passing by. The next day, she accepted the offer. Su debuted internationally in 2006. She competes with

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 ...

and shoots right-handed. In 2006, she took the silver medal at the 4th EPC Archery Championships held in

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, Czech Republic. She won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Para-archery Championships in

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, South Korea. She took part at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

representing Turkey at the Women's individual compound event. She set a Paralympic record in the quarterfinals, and placed the fourth ranking after losing to Mel Clarke from England in the third place game. In 2009, she became champion at the "Monda Villa" Tournamebt. Su competed at the

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and lost to Russian Maria Lyzhnikova in the quarterfinals. She won the bronze medal with her teammates Burcu Dağ and

Handan Biroğlu Handan Biroğlu (born 1 March 1981) is a Turkish female para-archer competing in the women's compound bow event. She represents her country at the 2016 Paralympics. Early life Handan Biroğlu was born in Erzincan, Turkey on 1 March 1981. She r ...

in the Compound Women Open Team event at the 2014 European Para Archery Championships held in

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, Switzerland.

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