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Gülşah Düzgün
Gülşah Düzgün (born Gülşah Aktürk on 25 September 1995) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Private life Gülşah Düzgün was born to İsmail Aktürk and his spouse Mğrvet on 25 September 1995. She completed her secondary education in a school for the blinds and visually impaired. She is married to her club mate Tekin Okan Düzgün, also a visually impaired sportsman and a national goalball player. In 2018, she gave birth to a daughter, Elif Bera. Sporting career The visually impaired girl started performing goalball in the school through her physical training teacher in 2006. She played in the beginning in the school team, and later in a club. In 2007 at age 12, she was admitted to the national team, and was coached by Alşi Tekçe. She debuted internationally at a tournament in Germany in 2009. Düzgün competes for Kahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK in Kahramanmaraş. She enjoyed the champion title with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear–hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent. Sighted athletes are also blindfolded when playing this sport. Played indoors, usually on a volleyball court, games consist of twelve-minute halves (formerly ten-minute halves) with a three-minute half-time. Where there is a tie, golden goal overtime occurs in the form of two three-minute periods (and a second three-minute half-time). If the tie persists, a paired shootout ('extra throws' and 'sudden death extra throws') determines the winner. Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to the other, and players remain in the area of their own goal in both defence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
