Zehra Özbey Torun

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Zehra Özbey Torun
Personal information
Born (1982-09-07) September 7, 1982 (age 39)
Sport
SportParalympic archery
Event(s)Recurve bow
ClubVedat Erbay SK
Coached byVedat Erbay

Zehra Özbey Torun (born September 7, 1982) is a Turkish female para-archer competing in the women's recurve bow standing event. A former wheelchair basketball player, she competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Results[]

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1729547-ozbey-torun-zehra.htm

Paralympic Games

7 Individual Recurve - Open 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

2 Team Recurve - Open 2019 's-Hertogenbosch, NED

9 Individual Recurve - Open 2019 's-Hertogenbosch, NED

9 Individual Recurve - Open 2017 Beijing, CHN

European Championships

6 Individual Recurve - Open 2018 Plzen, CZE

Early life[]

Zehra Özbay Torun was born with disability on September 7, 1982.[1][2]

She lives in Antalya, Turkey, where she moved to after her marriage.[3] She has a baby and works in the state service.[2]

Sporting career[]

Zehra Özbay Torun began her sports career with Wheelchair DanceSport. She than switched over to wheelchair basketball and played in the national team. She took a break in her active sports life as she learned her pregnancy after the marriage. Nine months after giving birth to a baby, she returned to sports. She switched over to wheelchair archery in order to have more free time for her baby.[2] After a brief training by Vedat Erbay in the Vedat Erbay SK, she was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair archery team.[3]

She competed at the 2016 European Qualifier held in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France, and obtained a quota spot for 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ a b c d "8 ayda Rio olimpiyatlarına katılmaya hak kazandı". Spor X (in Turkish). 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. ^ a b "Zehra Ğzbey Torun". World Archery. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (2016-04-06). "Rio 2016 quota places secured at European Para-Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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