Hamide Doğangün

Doğangün was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 December 1993.[1] At the age of nine, she had a traffic accident in Istanbul. After nearly two years of treatment in a hospital, she lost the ability to walk, and became reliant on a wheelchair.[2][3]

Doğangün began her sporting career in wheelchair basketball at Bağcılar Belediye SK in Istanbul. After realizing that she is not good in this sport branch, she switched over to the para-athletics in the same club.[3][4]

In 2008, she took part at the Turkish Para-athletics Championships, and her success led to her admission to the national team.[2]

Doğangün captured the gold medal in the 200m T34/52/53 event at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.[3]

She won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.[4] She set an area record with her time of 17.10 seconds.[3]

At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event with 17.43.[5]

Doğangün represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished the 400m T53 event sixth.[6] She became European champion in the 200m T53 event at the 2018 IPC Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany running in 31.59.[7]

She won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[8] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[9] She took the silver medal in the 100m T53 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[10] She won further the silver medal in the 400m T53 event in the same championship.[11] She won her third silver medal in the 800m T53 event.