Hamide Kurt Doğangün (born Hamide Kurt, December 25, 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian

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competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of

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and

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, T52/ T53 class middle-distance event of

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as well as T53/ T54 class

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event.

Early years

Hamide Kurt was born in Istanbul, Turkey on December 25, 1993. At the age of nine, she had a traffic accident in Istanbul. After nearly two years of treatment in a hospital, she lost the ability to walk, and became reliant on a wheelchair.

Sporting career

Hamide Kurt began her sporting career in wheelchair basketball at Bağcılar Belediye SK in Istanbul. After realizing that she is not good in this sport branch, she switched over to the para-athletics in the same club. In 2008, she took part at the Turkish Para-athletics Championships, and her success led to her admission to the national team. Kurt captured the gold medal in the 200m T34/52/53 event at the

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held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands. She won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event at the

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in Doha, Qatar. She set an area record with her time of 17.10 seconds. At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event with 17.43. Kurt represented her country at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished the 400m T53 event sixth. She became European champion in the 200m T53 event at the

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in Berlin, Germany running in 31.59. She won the bronze medal at the

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event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She qualified for the

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. She took the silver medal in the 100m T53 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in

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, Poland. She won further the silver medal in the 400m T53 event in the same championship. She won her third silver medal in the 800m T53 event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurt Dogangun, Hamide 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Istanbul Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Turkish female wheelchair racers Turkish female sprinters Turkish female middle-distance runners People with paraplegia Paralympic athletes of Turkey Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics