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İpar Özay Kurt

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İpar Özay Kurt
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in) [1]
Block290 cm (114 in) [1]
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubStanford University
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2017–2023
  • 2023–
National team
2017Turkey U16
2018–2019Turkey U18
2019–Turkey U20
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Turkey
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku Team
Junior European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Zenica Team
Youth European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia Team

İpar Özay Kurt (born 10 November 2003) is a Turkish volleyball player. She played for Fenerbahçe as wing spiker with jersey number 16 and now plays for Stanford University.[2] She is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 69 kg (152 lb).[1][3]

İpar Özay Kurt was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 November 2003.[3]

Club

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After playing for the İlbank in Ankara,[4] she joined the Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe in 2017.[3][5] Between 2015 and 2017, she enjoyed several local and national champion titles.[3]

International

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Girls' U15/U16

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Kurt was part of the girls' national youth team,[4] which finished the U16 Balkan Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2017 at fourth place.[6]

Girls' U17/U18

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She won the bronze medal with the national U17/U18 team the 2018 Girls' U17 European Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7][8] She was a member of the bronze-medalist women's national U18 team at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[9] Kurt played for the national team at the 2019 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Cairo, Egypt, which ranked 9th.[10] As of 2020, she has represented Turkish national youth and junior teams in 22 games.[3]

Women's U19/U20

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She was named the "Most valuable player" of the 2020 Women's U19 European Championship in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzogovina, where the Turkey national U20 team became champion.[11]

Honours

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Individual

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International

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "İpar Kurt". FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship Egypt 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Ipar Kurt Stanford Athletics". Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e "İpar Özay Kurt" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Voleybol Kadın. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "U16 Balkan Şampiyonası Başlıyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Sarı Melekler, yeni sezonu Temmuz'da açacak". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ "U16 Bayan Milliler Balkan dördüncüsü oldu". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 11 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Turkey 3-1 Bulgaria". CEV 2018 CEV U17 Volleyball European Championship Women. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Competition Final Standing". CEV 2018 CEV U17 Volleyball European Championship Women. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Bakü 2019 Avrupa Gençlik Olimpik Yaz Festivali (EYOF) Raporu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Turkey 3-2 Argentina". FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Şampiyonlar Türkiye'ye döndü". Skor (in Turkish). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.