Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
competed at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's seventh appearance in the past eight Games despite their absence in the
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million.
It was the first Paralympic Games ...
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Medalists
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Competitors
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Archery
Turkey have secured eleven quotas in archery.
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Nihat Türkmenoğlu
Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 5 June 1988) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow W1 event.
He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events. He won the silver medal in the In ...
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Men's individual W1
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W 133–129
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W 139–132
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L 141–142
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Bahattin Hekimoğlu
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W 135–107
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W 138–135
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L 132–139
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W 139–134
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Bülent Korkmaz
Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor.
Korkmaz was a ...
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Men's individual compound open
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W 141–137
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L 145–146
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Murat Turan
Murat Turan (born 27 April 1975) is a Turkish Paralympian Archer competing in the Men's compound bow W2 event.
He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual compound open event.
He won the silver medal in the Individual com ...
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W 139–139
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W 142–138
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L 145–148
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Sadık Savaş
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Men's individual recurve open
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W 6–4
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W 6–4
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L 2–6
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Vedat Aksoy
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W 6–2
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L 4–6
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Fatma Danabaş
Fatma Danabaş (born 28 January 1983) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W1 event.
She is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events.
She took the first place in ...
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Women's individual W1
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L 115–126
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Öznur Cüre
Öznur Cüre (born 1 October 1997) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W2 event.
She is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Individual compound open and Mixed team compound events.
She won the sil ...
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Women's individual compound open
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L 140–143
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Sevgi Yorulmaz
Sevgi Yorulmaz (born 20 April 1982) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W2 event. She lives in Denizli, Turkey. She is a member of the "Okçular Vakfı" ("Archers Foundation").
She competed at the 2020 Summer Pa ...
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W 133-133
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W 140-136
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L 129-139
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Yağmur Şengül
Yağmur Şengül (born 8 January 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's recurve bow W2 event.
Şengül took part at the 2018 European Para-Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic, and placed fourth losing the bro ...
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Women's individual recurve open
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L 4–6
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Zehra Özbey Torun
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W 6–4
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L 0–6
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Nihat Türkmenoğlu
Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 5 June 1988) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow W1 event.
He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events. He won the silver medal in the In ...
Fatma Danabaş
Fatma Danabaş (born 28 January 1983) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W1 event.
She is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events.
She took the first place in ...
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Mixed team W1
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L 114–133
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Bülent Korkmaz
Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor.
Korkmaz was a ...
Öznur Cüre
Öznur Cüre (born 1 October 1997) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W2 event.
She is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Individual compound open and Mixed team compound events.
She won the sil ...
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Mixed team compound
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W 153–151
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W 156–155
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L 152–153
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Yağmur Şengül
Yağmur Şengül (born 8 January 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's recurve bow W2 event.
Şengül took part at the 2018 European Para-Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic, and placed fourth losing the bro ...
Sadık Savaş
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Mixed team recurve
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L 1–5
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Athletics
9 athlete in 13 events are representing Turkey at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
;Track events
;Field events
Badminton
;Women
Goalball
Men
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Women
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Judo
Powerlifting
Shooting
9 Turkish shooters qualified in 19 events.
Swimming
5 swimmer will represent Turkey in 18 events in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the
2019 World Para Swimming Championships
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slot allocation method & MQS.
Table tennis
Turkey entered nine athletes into the table tennis competition at the games.
Abdullah Ozturk qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...
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Sweden
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and five others from World Ranking allocation.
;Men
;Women
Taekwondo
Para taekwondo makes its debut appearance in the Paralympic programme, six Turkish taekwondo practitioners qualified to the 2020 Summer Paralympics via World Ranking.
Wheelchair basketball
The men's team qualified after entered top four at the
2019 IWBF Men's European Championship held in Wałbrzych, Poland.
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Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair tennis
Busra Un qualified by world ranking.
See also
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Turkey at the Paralympics
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peni ...
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Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Turkey competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1908, ...
References
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