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Muharrem Korhan Yamaç (born October 31, 1972, in
Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders ...
, Turkey) is a Paralympics, world and European champion disabled
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...
from
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 Peninsula in ...
competing in the
air pistol The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...
events of 10m, 25m and 50m. He was an army officer at the rank of a lieutenant as he stepped onto a land mine and lost his right foot. Yamaç competed at the
2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...
winning a gold and a bronze medal. At the
2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...
, he was the flagbearer of his nation. He won gold, silver and bronze medals at world and European events. He qualified again for his third time participation at the Summer Paralympics.


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1972 births Sportspeople from Edirne Paralympic shooters of Turkey Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Turkey Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Living people Paralympic silver medalists for Turkey Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Turkish Army officers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Turkey-sportshooting-bio-stub