Yusuf Uçar (born January 1, 1987, in

Reyhanlı Reyhanlı (; ar, الريحانية, ''ar-Rayḥānīyah'') is a town and district of Hatay Province, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, near the country's border with Syria. History Formerly known as İrtah (Artah) and Reyhaniye, Reyhanl ...

Hatay Province Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of A ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish

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goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

player of class B1 and

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

Sporting career

A member of İstanbul Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Uçar played in Turkey's national team at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, which became bronze medalist.

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Living people 1987 births People from Reyhanlı Male goalball players Turkish goalball players Paralympic goalball players of Turkey Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Turkish blind people Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in goalball Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment 21st-century Turkish people Sportspeople from Hatay {{Goalball-bio-stub