Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish
para-archer competing in the women's
recurve bow
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event. She took part at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
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.
Early life
Merve Nur Eroğlu was born in
Bolu, Turkey on 25 March 1993.
She lives in her hometown.
At the age of six, she became paralyzed following a traffic accident. She uses a wheelchair.
Sporting career
Eroğlu began with archery after finishing the high school in 2011. She trains at the sports hall of Bolu Police.
She is coached by Ahmet Soner Mersinli.
She competed at the 2016 European Qualifier held in
Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France, and obtained a quota spot for the
2016 Paralympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil.
In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the Individual and the silver medal in the Mixed team event together with her teammate
Sadık Savaş at the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament held in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
, United Arab Emirates.
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1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bolu
Turkish female archers
Paralympic archers for Turkey
Paralympic wheelchair archers
Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Turkey
Paralympic medalists in archery
People with paraplegia
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery
Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
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