Sümeyye Boyacı
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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Eskişehir, Turkey | February 5, 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Eskilehir Metropolitan Nunicipality SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Mehmet Bayrak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sümeyye Boyacı (born February 5, 2003) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events.
Results[]
World Championships
2 50m Backstroke - S5 2019 London, GBR
4 50m Backstroke - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 46.57
6 50m Butterfly - S5 2019 London, GBR 47.85
6 50m Butterfly - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 50.99
7 50m Freestyle - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 47.85
7 200m Freestyle - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 3:58.38
8 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2019 London, GBR 2:50.62
9 50m Freestyle - S5 2019 London, GBR 43.31
13 100m Freestyle - S5 2019 London, GBR 1:42.66
DSQ Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points 2019 London, GBR DSQ
European Championships
1 50m Backstroke - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 45.21
2 100m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 1:34.24
3 200m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 3:22.48
3 50m Butterfly - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 48.90
4 50m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 44.10
4 50m Butterfly - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 48.32
4 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2018 Dublin, IRL 2:53.41
4 Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points 2018 Dublin, IRL 3:01.45
5 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2020 Funchal, POR 2:47.60
6 50m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 47.52
6 200m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 3:45.50
8 100m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 1:59.06
DSQ 50m Backstroke - S5 2020 Funchal, POR DSQ
Personal history[]
Sümeyye Boyacı was born as her parents' first child in Eskişehir, Turkey on February 5, 2003.[1][2] She has no arms (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis) and a hip dislocation as a birth defect.[2][3]
She was schooled in a special primary school in her hometown, where she learned writing with her foot in the first grade.[4]
Painting career[]
At the age of four and half, she began painting with her foot.[3] She made a painting for Altın Balık ("The Golden Fish"), the Turkish translation of the Russian book of tale (Russian: Cказка о рыбаке и рыбке) by Alexander Pushkin.[5][6] Her painting was presented to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül for his official visit to Russia.[5] In April 2009, her watercolor paintings were on display in a personal exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Boyacı gifted one of her paintings to the First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, she participated at an exhibition in Eskişehir for traditional Turkish handicrafts with her paper marblings.[8]
Swimming career[]
Boyacı decided to begin with swimming as she carefully watched the fish in her aquarium, and discovered that they swim without arms.[3] Boyacı began with swimming in 2008. She has been coached by Mehmet Bayrak since 2012.[2]
In June 2016, she competed at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin.[9] She internationally debuted in the senior class in 2016.[2] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She failed to capture any medal.[2] She took part at the held in Liguria, Italy, and won the bronze medal in the 50 m Backstroke S1-5 event.[2]
In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event at the World Para Swimming World Series held in Indianapolis, USA with a time of 45.28.[10] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke S5 event with a time of 44.74.[11]
The 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall para swimmer at 49 kg (108 lb) is a member of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club.[2] Boyacı's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[3][2]
Achievements[]
Competition | Place | Event | Rank | Time | Ref |
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30th International German Championships | Germany, Berlin | 100 m Breaststroke S6 | Heats | 4:03.27 | [9] |
50 m Backstroke Youth-B S5 | 52.60 | ||||
50 m Freestyle S5 | Heats | 51.68 | |||
50 m Butterfly S5 | Heats | 1:01.27 | |||
2016 Paralympic Games | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro | 50 m Backstroke S5 | 8 | 50.34 | [1] |
Italy, Liguria | 50 m Freestyle S1-5 | 4 | 52.21 | [12] | |
50 m Backstroke S1-5 | 51.98 | ||||
2017 World Championships | Mexico, Mexico City | 50m Freestyle S5 | 7 | 47.85 | [1] |
50m Butterfly S5 | 6 | 50.99 | |||
50m Backstroke S5 | 4 | 46.57 | |||
200m Freestyle S1-5 | 7 | 3:58.38 | |||
2018 World Para Swimming European Championships | Ireland, Dublin | 50m Backstroke S5 | 45.21 | [13][14] | |
2019 World Para Swimming World Series | United States Indianapolis | 50 m Backstroke S5 | 45.28 | [10] | |
2019 World Para Swimming Championships | United Kingdom London | 50 m Backstroke S5 | 44.74 | [11] |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b c d "Efsane değil gerçek deniz kızı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b "6 yaşındaki Sümeyye'nin inanılmaz azmi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b "Küçük Sümeyye'den Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'e davet". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ Ataklı, Can (2017-01-22). "Açgözlülük üzerine bir Rus masalı". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "Medvedev bile ona hayran". Vatan (in Turkish). 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "Ayakları İle Ebru Yapan Sümeyye Boyacı Vali Tuna'yı Makamında Ziyaret Etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b "Protokoll 30. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften" (PDF) (in German). Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı'dan altın madalya". (in Turkish). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı dünya ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "SSwimming Competition". 2017 European Para Youth Games. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "Turkey embraces champion Sümeyye". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^ "Sümeyye Boyacı wins gold for Turkey at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships". balkaneu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- Living people
- 2003 births
- People from Eskişehir
- Turkish watercolourists
- Turkish female swimmers
- Sportswomen with disabilities
- Paralympic swimmers of Turkey
- S5-classified Paralympic swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Turkish female butterfly swimmers
- Turkish female backstroke swimmers
- Turkish female freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- People without hands
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics