Turkey women's national goalball team is the women's national team of

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Goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...

is a

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designed specifically for athletes with a

vision impairment Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception. In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficul ...

. It takes part in international competitions.

Current squad

*Coach : Gültekin Karasu

Former players

*Sadiye Ardıç (2012-2014) *

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(2012-2016) *

Kader Çelik Kader Çelik (born 1 January 2001) is a Turkish Paralympian goalball player having visual impairment. She is a member of the national team taking part at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won the silver medal at the 2017 European Goalball Champi ...

(2017-2020) *

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(2012-2019) *

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(2012-2019) * Sümeyye Özcan (2012-2016) *

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(2013-2019)

Competitions and results

2020

The team competed in the

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, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the

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arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. They qualified by placing second at the 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships. ;Round-robin ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Final

2021

The team competes in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 4 to 13 November 2021 in

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, Turkey. Turkey won the silver medal after losing to

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4–5 in the final. Turkey team consisted of

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(#1),

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(#2),

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(#3), Şeydanur Kaplan (#4), Sevtap Altunoluk (#7),

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(#8) coached by Gültekin Karasu.

References