Gülbin Su

Gülbin Su (born June 7, 1971) is a Turkish Paralympic archer competing in the women's Compound bow event.[1]

Gülbin Su
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1971-06-07) June 7, 1971
Samandağ, Hatay, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportPara-archery
Event(s)Compound bow
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals4th (2008)
Medal record

yes

Women's archery Compound bow
Representing  Turkey
World Para Archery Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Cheongju Individual
European Para-Archery Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nottwil Open Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Nymburk Individual

Early years

Gülbin Su was born in Samandağ district of Hatay Province on June 7, 1971. She is disabled due to her contraction with poliomyelitis at age of three.[2]

She graduated in Job Training from the Faculty of Education at Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University. She lives in Reyhanlı, Hatay,[3] where she works as a painting teacher in an elementary school.[2]

Sporting career

Su began with archery in 2002 by chance while she was waiting at a bus stop. She was contacted by the national team coach, who was passing by. The next day, she accepted the offer.[2][3] Su debuted internationally in 2006.[2][4] She competes with compound bow and shoots right-handed.[3]

In 2006, she took the silver medal at the 4th EPC Archery Championships held in Nymburk, Czech Republic.[2][5]

She won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Para-archery Championships in Cheongju, South Korea.[2][4]

She took part at the 2008 Summer Paralympics representing Turkey at the Women's individual compound event. She set a Paralympic record in the quarterfinals,[6] and placed the fourth ranking after losing to Mel Clarke from England in the third place game.[2][7]

In 2009, she became champion at the "Monda Villa" Tournamebt.[7]

Su competed at the 2012 London Paralympics and lost to Russian Maria Lyzhnikova in the quarterfinals.[8]

She won the bronze medal with her teammates Burcu Dağ and Handan Biroğlu in the Compound Women Open Team event at the 2014 European Para Archery Championships held in Nottwil, Switzerland.[1][9]

References
  1. "European Para-Archery Championships 2014 Complete Result Book" (PDF). World Archery. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  2. "Kırık oklarla yarışmalara katıldım". Evrensel (in Turkish). 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. "Gulbin Su". World Archery. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. "Gülbin Su dünya üçüncüsü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  5. "4th EPC Archery Championships". IBSA. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  6. "Gülbin Su'da paralimpik rekor". SporX (in Turkish). 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  7. "Engelli Okçu Gülbin Su, birinci oldu" (in Turkish). Engelliler Biz. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  8. Brown, Oliver (2012-09-04). "Paralympics 2012: Danielle Brown defends archery title after all-British final comes down to last arrow". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  9. "Paralympic Explosion" (PDF). Paralympic Turkey. Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (12). January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
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