Özlem Kaya (swimmer)

Özlem Kaya (born Özlem Baykız, 25 February 1992) is a Turkish female Paralympic swimming, Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the S6 (classification), disability category of S6 in breaststroke, butterfly stroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming, freestyle. She competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Personal history

Özlem Baykız was born in Kahramanmaraş on 25 February 1992. She is of short stature by birth defect. On 6 December 2012, she married Bayram Kaya, and changed her surname to her spouse's.

Swimming career

Özlem had a secluded life in her childhood. She did not leave her home until she was discovered for swimming by Osman Çullu. and She began with swimming in 2004. She internationally debuted at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships held in Durban, Republic of South Africa. She won her first medal, a bronze in the 100m Breaststroke SB6 event at the 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships in Berlin, Germany. She was qualified for the Turkey at the 2012 Summer Paralympics#Swimming, 2012 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in London, United Kingdom. Kaya participated at the Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics#Swimming, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She took part at the IPC Swimming World Championships, World Championships in 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, 3006, 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, 3010, 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, 3015 and competed at IPC Swimming European Championships, European Championships in 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships, 2011, 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, 2014, 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships, 2016.

Kaya's Paralympic sports#classification, disability swimming classification is S6 (classification), S6 according to her short stature by birth defect. Currently, the tall Para swimmer at competes for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Before her marriage, end 2012, she was known in the competitions under her maiden name Baykız.

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Living people
1992 births
Sportspeople from KahramanmaraÅŸ
Sportswomen with disabilities
Paralympic swimmers for Turkey
S6-classified para swimmers
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Turkish female breaststroke swimmers
Turkish female butterfly swimmers
Turkish female freestyle swimmers
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople
Swimmers with dwarfism
Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
Swimmers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics