Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 20 July 1993) is a Turkish

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competing in the T54 disability class events of

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and

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as well as T53/ T54 class relay event.

Early years

Zübeyde Süpürgeci was born on 20 July 1993. She was disabled from birth. Until the age of 16, she did not even want to go out. She discovered a new world when people around her took her to the Disableds' Palace of

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Municipality. Her younger brother Muhammet was also born disabled.

Sporting career

Süpürgeci started with para athletics in 2011. She began her sporting career through her coach Ömer Cantay. In 2012, she was admitted to the

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team of

Belediyesi Disabled SK in Istanbul. In 2012, she captured the gold medal in the 100m T54 event at the Czech Open - Athletics tournament held in

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. She became bronze medalist in the 100m T54 event at the

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, Netherlands. Süpürgeci finished the women's wheelchair category of the 2013

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at second place in 2:58:30 following her clubmate

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. She took the bronze medal in the 100m T54 event at the

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, United Kingdom. At the

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, Italy, she won the gold medal in the 100m T54 and the silver medal in the 200m T54 event. At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in

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, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the bronze medal in the 200m T54 event and the gold medal in the 400m T54 event. She became bronze medalist in the 100m T54 and silver medalist in the relay T53/T54 event of the 2016 IPC Grand Prix. Süpürgeci competed at the

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, Brazil. She won the gold medal in the 800 m T54 event at the

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held in

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, Spain. She became European champion in the 200m T54 event at the

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in Berlin, Germany breaking the championship record with 30.96. She captured the gold medal in the 100m T54 event of the

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, Poland, and set a championship record with 16.83. She won further the silver medal in the 400m T54 event in the same championship.

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