Sümeyye Özcan (Paralympian)

Sümeyye Özcan (born January 15, 1992) is a Turkish female middle distance runner and goalball player in the B1 class. She is a member of the national team.

Sümeyye Özcan
Sümeyye Özcan running with guide in the 1500m event at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.
Personal information
Born (1992-01-15) January 15, 1992
Malatya, Turkey
Sport
SportGoalball, para-athletics
Disability classB1
ClubKahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK
Medal record
Women's goalball
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
IBSA World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 Espoo Team
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kaunas Team
Gold medal – first place2012 Ascoli PicenoTeam Div. B

Early years

Sümeyye Özcan was born totally blind in Malatya, Turkey on January 15, 1992.[1][2] Her elder sister as well as her younger sibling is also blind. Because there was no proper facilities for schooling blind children in Malatya, the family moved to Kahramanmaraş in 2001.[3] She completed her education with the Ertuğrul Gazi School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Kahramanmaraş.[4]

Sporting career

Özcan began with goal playing in 2004, and with athletics in 2009. She competes in the 800m, 1500m and shot put events. She is a member of both the national goalball team and national para-athletics team.[4]

She competed for her school's team in Kahramanmaraş, and took part at the European Championships in 2009 and 2010 after internationally debuting in 2007. She represented her country at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships.[2]

Para-athletics

Özcan took part in the shotput F12 event at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand.

She competed in the 1500m T11 class event and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.[3] She ran with guide a personal best time of 5:10.68, and placed seventh.[5]

In 2013, she participated in the 1500m T12 class event at the IPC Athletics World Championships held in Lyon, France.[6]

Goalball

Özcan competes for Kahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK in Kahramanmaraş.[7]

She played for the national team at the Malmö Ladies' and Men's InterCup tournaments in Sweden in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The team placed third in 2014 and second in 2015.[8][9] In 2015, she became top scorer of the tournament with 23 goals.[10]

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.[7]

Özcan was also a member of the women's national Goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11] Özcan won the gold medal with her teammates at the event.[12]

Honours

Individual
  • Top scorer - Malmö Ladies' and Men's InterCup 2015 (23 goals).[10]

International
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malmö Ladies' and Men's InterCup 2014, Sweden.[13]
  • 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.[7]
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Malmö Ladies' and Men's InterCup 2015, Sweden.[9]
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[12]

References
  1. "Sumeyye Ozcan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  2. "Mili Atlet Sümeyye'nin Kırşehir Kampı Sona Erdi". Özgür Haber (in Turkish). 2012-08-24. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  3. "Sümeyye Özcan Türkiye'yi Temsil Edecek". Yaşadıkça (in Turkish). 2012-07-20. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2016-09-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Bir koltukta iki karpuz". Yeniçağ (in Turkish). 2010-08-30. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  5. "Londra'da Sümeyye 7'inci, Cahit 8'inci oldu". Son Devir (in Turkish). 2012-09-05. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  6. "Athletics - women's 1500m T12 final - 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon". Paralympics. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  7. "Avrupa şampiyonasında Türkiye imzası". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  8. "USA and Turkey take goalball gold in Malmö". IBSA. 2015-04-14. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  9. "Malmö Lady and Men InterCup 2015 results". IBSA. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  10. "Turkish delight in goalball". Paralympics. 2015-07-16. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  11. Çetinbaş, İlknur (2016-09-08). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  12. "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.
  13. "Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup 29/5-1/6 2014". IBSA. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
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