Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu
Personal information | |
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Born | Ankara, Turkey | 25 May 1993
Education | Physical Education and Sport |
Alma mater | Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University |
Sport | |
Country | Turkey |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Disability | Visual impairment |
Disability class | T12 |
Event(s) | 400m, 1500m |
Club | Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds SC |
Medal record |
Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu (born 25 May 1993) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T12 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.[1]
Private life
Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu was born in Ankara, Turkey on 25 May 1993.[1] She studied Physical Education and Sport at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.[2]
Sport career
Kılınç Çırakoğlu is a member of Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds Sport Club in Ankara.[1] She won the gold medal in the 1500m T12 event at the seventh leg of the 2019 IPC Para-Athletich World Grand Prix held in Tunisia.[2] At the 2021 IPC Para-Athletics World Grand Prix in Dubaş, United Arab Emirates, she captured the gold medal in the 400m T12 event, and set a new Turkish national record with 59.16.[3] She took the gold medal in the 400m T12 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Göz Muayeneleri" (in Türkçe). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "3 July 2019". Fanatik (in Türkçe). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ "Para atlet Sevda Kılınç Çıkaroğlu tarihe geçti!". Fanatik (in Türkçe). 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ ""Sizi milletin evinde ağırlamayı dört gözle bekliyorum"". NTV Spor (in Türkçe). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Ankara
- Female competitors in athletics with disabilities
- Turkish blind people
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners
- Turkish female middle-distance runners
- Turkish female sprinters
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen