Nil Mısır (born 1987) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W1 event.

Private life

In 2002, Mısır fell down from the fifth floor of her apartment in

Fatih Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

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. She became paralyzed due to

paraplegia 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 neura ...

and reliant on a wheelchair.

Sports career

Her sports career began when a major Turkish newspaper reported about her life story. She drew the attention of coach Ebru Öztürk Esen of the Turkey Paralympic Sports Federation. Mısır is a member of Olçular Vakfı S.K. in Istanbul. At the 2022 World Para Archery Championships in

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, United Arab Emirates, she won two silver medals: one in the Women W1 event, which is the first achievement of her country in this discipline, and another one in the Women W1 Doubles event together with her teammate Fatma Danabaş.

References

1987 births Living people People from Fatih Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish female archers Paralympic archers for Turkey Paralympic wheelchair archers Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub