Zehra Öktem (born September 4, 1959 in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

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) is a

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female Olympian archer. She resides in

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. She graduated from

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

with a degree in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

. Öktem became a member of the national team at the age of 30. In the 1990s, she won five times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1998) the gold medal at the Balkan Championship. Zehra Öktem represented

Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics Turkey competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Results by event Archery In its third Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women were ...

and placed 30th in the Individual round of 32 event. Lastly, she took two gold medals at the

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in individual field and indoors. At the same tournament, Öktem set also a world record in 30m event of her age category (over 50 years) with a score of 345.

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1959 births Living people Turkish female archers Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Turkey Sportspeople from Trabzon Istanbul Technical University alumni Turkish chemical engineers Turkish women chemists Turkish chemists 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{turkey-archery-bio-stub

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