Gülşah Düzgün

Gülşah Düzgün (born Gülşah Aktürk on 25 September 1995) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team.[1]

Gülşah Düzgün
Personal information
Birth nameGülşah Aktürk
Born (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995
Sport
SportGoalball
ClubKahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK
Medal record
Goalball
Representing  Turkey
Paralympics
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
IBSA World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 MalmöTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 EspooTeam
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Rostock Team
Gold medal – first place2015 Kaunas Team
Silver medal – second place2013 KonyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 Ascoli PicenoTeam Div. B

Private life

Gülşah Düzgün was born to İsmail Aktürk and his spouse Mğrvet on 25 September 1995. She completed her secondary education in a school for the blinds and visually impaired.[2]

She is married to her club mate Tekin Okan Düzgün, also a visually impaired sportsman and a national goalball player. In 2018, she gave birth to a daughter, Elif Bera.[2]

Sporting career

The visually impaired girl started performing goalball in the school through her physical training teacher in 2006.[2][3] She played in the beginning in the school team, and later in a club. In 2007 at age 12, she was admitted to the national team,[2][3] and was coached by Alşi Tekçe. She debuted internationally at a tournament in Germany in 2009.[2]

Düzgün competes for Kahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK in Kahramanmaraş.[4]

She enjoyed the champion title with the national team at the 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Division A in Kaunas, Lithuania, which was a qualifier competition for the 2016 Paralympics.[4]

Düzgün was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5] She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics.[6]

Honours

International
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships Div. A in Konya, Turkey.
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malmö Lady- and Men InterVup 2014, Sweden.[7]
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Espoo, Finland
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Div. A in Kaunas, Lithuania.[4]
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6]
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2018 IB>SA World Goalball Championships in Malmö, Sweden
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2019 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Rostock, Germany

References
  1. "Gulsah Duzgun". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. "Görme engelli sporcu tarih yazdı". Mikkiyet (in Turkish). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. Er, Sinem; Fatih Gazioğlu (7 January 2020). "Olimpiyat şampiyonluğu ve anneliğin ardından yeni rota: Tokyo 2020, Sinem". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. "Avrupa şampiyonasında Türkiye imzası". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. Çetinbaş, İlknur (2016-09-08). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. "Rio'da Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı, altın madalya kazandı". NTV (in Turkish). 2016-09-17. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  7. "Malmö Lady- and Men InterCuo 29/5-1/6 2014 Tesults" (PDF). Goalball Sport. Retrieved 14 November 2021.


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