Hamide Kurt Doğangün (born Hamide Kurt, 25 December 1993) is a Turkish

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competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of

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and

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, T52/ T53 class middle-distance event of

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as well as T53/ T54 class

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event.

Early years

Doğangün was born in

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, Turkey on 25 December 1993. At the age of nine, she had a traffic accident in Istanbul. After nearly two years of treatment in a hospital, she lost the ability to walk, and became reliant on a wheelchair.

Sporting career

Doğangün began her sporting career in

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Bağcılar Bağcılar is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 23 km2, and its population is 740,069 (2022). It is located on the East Thrace, European side of Istanbul, near the ...

Belediye SK in Istanbul. After realizing that she is not good in this sport branch, she switched over to the

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in the same club. In 2008, she took part at the Turkish Para-athletics Championships, and her success led to her admission to the national team. Doğangün captured the gold medal in the 200m T34/52/53 event at the

2012 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2012 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. It was held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands and last ...

held in

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, Netherlands. She won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event at the

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, Qatar. She set an area record with her time of 17.10 seconds. At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in

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, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event with 17.43. Doğangün represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics in

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, Brazil. She finished the 400m T53 event sixth. She became European champion in the 200m T53 event at the 2018 IPC Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany running in 31.59. She won the bronze medal at the

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event in

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. She qualified for the

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. She took the silver medal in the 100m T53 event of the

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, Poland. She won further the silver medal in the 400m T53 event in the same championship. She won her third silver medal in the 800m T53 event.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dogangun, Hamide 1993 births Living people Athletes from Istanbul Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Turkish female wheelchair racers Turkish female sprinters Turkish female middle-distance runners People with paraplegia Paralympic athletes for Turkey Wheelchair-category Paralympic competitors Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics