Zehra Özbey Torun
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 September 1982 |
| Home town | Antalya, Turkey |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paralympic archery |
| Event | Recurve bow |
| Club | Vedat Erbay SK |
| Coached by | Vedat Erbay |
Zehra Özbey Torun (born 7 September 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.[1]
Results[edit]
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[edit]
Zehra Özbay Torun was born with disability on 7 September 1982.[1][3]
She lives in Antalya, Turkey, where she moved to after her marriage.[4] She has a baby and works in the state service.[3]
Sporting career[edit]
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.[3] After a brief training by Vedat Erbay in the Vedat Erbay SK, she was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair archery team.[4]
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.[3][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "8 ayda Rio olimpiyatlarına katılmaya hak kazandı". Spor X (in Turkish). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Zehra Ğzbey Torun". World Archery. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (6 April 2016). "Rio 2016 quota places secured at European Para-Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links[edit]
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the World Archery Federation
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the International Paralympic Committee
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)