Sadık Savaş (born 16 August 1987) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's recurve bow event.

Early life

Sadık Savaş was born on 16 August 1987. He lives in

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, Turkey.

Sporting career

Savaş began his archery career in 2010, and debuted internationally in 2013. He has been coached by Oğuzhan Polat since 2012. He obtained a quota for the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

Games in

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, Brazil. Savaş is right-handed and shoots -long arrows, with a bow draw weight of . In 2021, he won the silver medal in the Mixed team event together with his teammate

Merve Nur Eroğlu Merve Nur Eroğlu (born March 25, 1993) is a Turkish para-archer competing in the women's recurve bow event. She took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Early life Merve Nur Eroğlu was born in Bolu, Turkey on March 25, 1993. She lives in her ...

at the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament held in

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, United Arab Emirates.

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* * * 1987 births Sportspeople from Yozgat Turkish male archers Paralympic archers for Turkey Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Living people Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery 21st-century Turkish people Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the European Para Championships Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub