Yavuz Papağan (born 1 July 1987) is a Turkish para-archer. He is a World and European champion, competing in the men's recurve bow event of disability class W2.

Sport career

Papağan started

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during his time at the Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitaion Center in

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. In 2017, he became an active para-archer. He competes in the Recurve Open event of wheelchair disability class W2. He is a member of Istanbul BB SK.

2022

Papağan competed at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships in

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, United Arab Emirates. In the Open individual event, he ranked ninth, and in the Open team event with Sadık Savaş reached the fourth place. At the 2022 European Para-Archery Championships in

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, Italy, Papağan took the silver medal in the Open Individual event, and won the gold medal with teammate Sadık Savaş in the Open team event. Papağan won the gold medal with

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in the Mixed team event, and another gold medal with Sadık Savaş in the men's team event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in

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, Turkey, which were held one year later due to

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2023

He and Sadık Savaş captured the gold medal in the Open doubles event at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in

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, Czech Republic. He ranked ninth in the Open individual event, and sixth in the Open team event. The same year, he and Sadık Savaş won the silver medal in the Open team event at the European Para Championships in Kop van Zuid, Netherlands.

2024

He and his teammate Sadık Savaş defeated the Ukrainian team in the Recurve men open team event, and won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Para-Archery Championships in

, Italy. He received a quota to represent

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at the

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, France.

Personal life

Yavuz Papağan was born in Muş, Turkey on 1 July 1987. On 18 September 2012, terrorists carried out an attack on a military convoy on the Bingöl- Muş highway in southeastern Turkey. Nine soldiers died and 70 servicemen were wounded in the attack. Papağan, who was performing compulsory military service as a Gendarmerie Commando Private stationed im Tunceli, was among the wounded personnel when a bullet hit his

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. He lost the ability to walk. He was treated at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) and then at the Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center in Ankara. In 2015, he was decorated with the "State Medal of Honor" and its certificate. On 23 March 2015, Papağan married to Semiha Kızılboğa in Muş. He is father of a child. He is a student of Sport coaching in the Faculty of

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at Muş Alparslan University.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papagan, Yavuz 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Muş Turkish male archers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Paralympic archers for Turkey Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic wheelchair archers