Zeynep Acet (born March 5, 1995) is a Turkish

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athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of

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and

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. She is a member of the

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Belediyesi Disabled SK in

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. She won the title in the women's disabled category at the 2015

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with 2:11:13 before her club mate

Hamide Kurt Hamide Kurt Doğangün (born Hamide Kurt, December 25, 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/ T53 class middle-distance event of 800m as well as T53/ T54 class 4 � ...

. She competed in three events at the

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and to ...

held in

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, Italy. She won the silver medal in the 200m T53 event at the

2018 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in ...

in Berlin, Germany running in 35.78. She took the bronze medal in the 100m T53 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She won further the silver medal in the 400m T53 event in the same championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acet, Zeynep 1995 births Living people Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Turkish female wheelchair racers Turkish female sprinters Paralympic athletes of Turkey People with paraplegia Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics