Sevilay Öztürk

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Sevilay Öztürk
Personal information
Full nameSevilay Öztürk
NationalityTurkish
Born (2003-11-28) November 28, 2003 (age 18)
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Height1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClubKahramanmaraş Municipality SC
CoachAli Uzun
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 50 m backstroke S5
World Para Swimming Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 London 50 m butterfly S5
Gold medal – first place 50 m backstroke S5

Sevilay Öztürk (born November 28, 2003) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events. She competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Personal history[]

Sevilay Öztürk was born to Bülent Öztürk and Hülya as their first child on November 28 2003.[1] She has no arms as a birth defect (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis).[2][3]

Very much supported by her father, she was schooled in the neighborhood. She learned to use her foot for writing.[4]

Swimming career[]

Öztürk began swimming in 2010 after she met Beytullah Eroğlu at a hospital in her hometown, the successful national Paralympic swimmer, who has also bilateral limb deficiency.[3][4] She began with regular swimming exercise in 2013. She won three gold and two silver medals in the national Para swimming championships.[4] She internationally debuted at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin in June 2016.[3][5] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the youngest competitor at all. She failed to capture any medal. She took part at the held in Liguria, Italy, and won the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event.[2]

Öztürk's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[2] The 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) tall Para swimmer is coached by Ali Uzun in Kahramanmaraş Munispality SC.[3]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the bronze medal in the 50 m butterfly S5 event with a time of 47.35.[6]

Achievements[]

Competition Place Event Rank Time Ref
30th International German Championships  Germany, Berlin 50 m Freestyle S5 Heats 56.57 [5]
50 m Butterfly Youth S5 5 52.87
100 m Freestyle S5 Heats 2:10.39
100 m Backstroke Time Trial S5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2:09.96
2016 Paralympic Games  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 50 m Freestyle S5 8 50.34 [1]
50 m Butterfly S5 5 50.14
50 m Backstroke S5 6 50.19
100 m Freestyle S5 Heats 1:54.87
 Italy, Liguria 50 m Freestyle S5 4 46.60 [7]
50 m Backstroke S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46.70
2019 World Para Swimming Championships  United Kingdom London 50 m Butterfly S5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 47.35 [6]
50 m Backstroke S5 8th 50.54 [8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Athlete Profile Swimming: Ozturk, Sevilay". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Engelli yüzücü Sevilay Öztürk'ün hedefi! Olimpiyat Şampiyonluğu". Haber 46 (in Turkish). 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  3. ^ a b c d "Athlete Profile Swimming: Ozturk Sevilay". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  4. ^ a b c Sevinç, Ersoy (2016-06-18). "Hayatını engelli yüzücü kızına adadı". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. ^ a b "Protokoll 30. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften" (PDF) (in German). Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ^ a b "Sevilay Öztürk'ten bronz madalya". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. ^ "SSwimming Competition". 2017 European Para Youth Games. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  8. ^ "Sümeyye Boyacı dünya ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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