Rabia Akyürek Varıcı (born Rabia Akyürek; 10 February 1999) is a Turkish

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...

player. She is part of the

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Club career

Akyürek started playing wheelchair basketball in 2013 with the initiative of her physical education teacher. She plays as the only female member in the Pendik Bld Anadolu Yakası SK in Istanbul. Akyürek plays with disability class 2.0.

International career

Akhyürek played for the Turkey women's natioanal under-25 wheelchair basketball team at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in

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, Thailand. She is a member of the

. She played at the

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, Netherlands,

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, Spain, and in

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in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Personal life

Rabia Akyürek was born on 10 February 1999. She contracted spinal cord paralysis after heart surgery at the age of four. She lives in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

. She serves as a teacher of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge at TOKİ Esenkent Middle School in

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, Istanbul, Turkey.

References

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