Oğuz Akbulut (born 6 May 1992) is a Turkish

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competing in the T12 and T13 disability classes

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and middle-distance events.

Personal life

Akbulut was born in

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, Turkey on 6 May 1992. He had sight loss rom birth. He is married to middle-distance visual-impaired para-athlete Oznur Alumur.

Sport career

Akbulut was admitted to the Turkey national team in 2012. He participated 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, and won the bronze medal in the 800m T13 evemt. His participation in the 1500m T13 (4th place) and 5000m T13 (5th place) events at the

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remained without a medal. He won the bronze medal in the 400m B2- B3 event at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games () was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 12 to 22, 2017. Previously, the event was held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

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, Azerbaijan. He became bronze medalist in the 400m T12 event at the

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, United Kingdom. At the

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, Germany, he took the gold medal in the 400m T12 event, and set a championship record with 49.92. He won the bronze medal in the 400m T12 event at the

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, United Arab Emirates. He

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to compete in the 400m T12 event at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akbulut, Oguz 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Sivas Turkish blind people Visually impaired middle-distance runners Male competitors in athletics with disabilities Turkish male sprinters Turkish male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Paralympic athletes for Turkey Visually impaired sprinters 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics