Hanımzer Melet (born 7 November 1993) is a Turkish
wheelchair basketball
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player. She is a member of the physically disabled sports club in her hometown
Van
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as the only female player and the
Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
Sport career
During the time at the rehab center in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
following her injury, she watched disabled people performing sport. She got interested in wheelchair basketball. In 2020, after overcoming psychological problems, she accepted the invitation of the physically disabled sports club in her hometown
Van
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and joined the wheelchair basketball team. She became the only women member of the club's wheelchair basketball team.
Already in her early years, she was called up to the
Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team selection camp. She could not take part due to a foot burn.
She was later invited to the natioanal team preparation camp in
Hakkari mid July.
She debuted internationally at the
2023 IWBF Women's European Championship in
Rotterdam
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, Netherlands,
within the
2023 European Para Championships
The 2023 European Para Championships were the first edition of the European Para Championships held between 8 and 20 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Sports
The following competitions took place:
Venues
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in August.
Personal life
Hanımzer Melet was born in
Van
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, Turkey on 7 November 1993.
She lives in Hafiziye neighborhood of
Ä°pekyolu
Ä°pekyolu is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046 (2022). The district Ä°pekyolu was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reor ...
district in Van.
In 2016, she fell down from the second floor of her apartment while cleaning the window, and suffered
spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. It is a destructive neurological and pathological state that causes major motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunctions.
Symptoms of ...
. She lost her walking ability. She underwent many surgeries in Van and Ankara. She had to use wheelchair.
References
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1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Van, Turkey
Turkish women's wheelchair basketball players
21st-century Turkish sportswomen