Zeynep Çelik (born 7 April 1996) is a Turkish world and European champion Paralympic judoka with
visual 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 ...
.
Sport career
Çelik is tall at . She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK and is coached by Ahmet Ömre Türe. She has a visual impairment of sport disability classification B3.
Çelik won the bronze medal at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in
Odivelas
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Walsall
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Odivelas
Odivelas () is a municipality in the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. The municipality is located 8 km northwest of the center of Lisbon. Predominantly a residential suburb, the population in 2021 was 148 034, in an area of 26.54 km2 (one of t ...
, Portugal. At the 2021 IBSA Judo World Grand Prix in
Baku
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, Azerbaijan, she suffered a fracture on her left wrist. She was cured for two and half months before she attended the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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held in
Tokyo
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, Japan. She took the gold medal at the 2022 IBSA Judo World Championships in
Baku
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, Azerbaijan. In 2023, she won the gold medal at the IBSA International German Open Tournament in
Heidelberg
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, Germany. She took the silver medal at the
2023 European Para Championships
The 2023 European Para Championships were the first edition of the European Para Championships held between 8 and 20 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Sports
The following competitions took place:
Venues
Events will be held at the follow ...
in
Rotterdam
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, Netherlands.
Personal life
Zeynep Çelik was born as a daughter to a family with fifteen children in
Ağrı
Ağrı (; ) is a city in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. It is the seat of Ağrı Province and Ağrı District.
, eastern Turkey on 7 April 1996. She is disabled with a
visual 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 ...
Karaman
Karaman is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the seat of Karaman Province and Karaman District.