Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu (born 25 May 1993) is a Turkish female

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competing in the T12 disability class middle-distance events of

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and

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Private life

Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu was born in

Ankara, Turkey Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altında ...

on 25 May 1993. She studied Physical Education and Sport at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.

Sport career

Kılınç Çırakoğlu is a member of Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds Sport Club in Ankara. She won the gold medal in the 1500m T12 event at the seventh leg of the 2019 IPC Para-Athletich World Grand Prix held in Tunisia. At the 2021 IPC Para-Athletics World Grand Prix in Dubaş, United Arab Emirates, she captured the gold medal in the 400m T12 event, and set a new Turkish national record with 59.16. She took the gold medal in the 400m T12 event of the

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, Poland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilinc Cirakoglu, Sevda 1993 births Living people Athletes from Ankara Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Turkish blind people Visually impaired middle-distance runners Turkish female middle-distance runners Turkish female sprinters Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships 21st-century Turkish sportswomen