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Ebru Acer

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Ebru Acer
Born27 June 2002 (2002-06-27) (age 22)
Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
ClubŞafaktepe GSK
Medal record
Women's Para table tennis
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Singles C11
World Championships,
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Granada doubles C11
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sheffield singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2019 Helsingborg singles C11
VIRTUS European Summer Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krakow singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krakow open
Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ostrava singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2024 Laško singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2024 Giza singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Vichy singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Vichy doubles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Ostrava singles C11

Ebru Acer (born 27 June 2002) is a Turkish European champion para table tennis player competing in the C11 disability class. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table table player to become a Paralympian.[1] She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.[2]

Sport career

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Acer started para table tennis playing with her family's encouragement in 2017.[3][1] She is a member of Şafaktepe GSK in Ankara.[3]

2019

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In 2019, she took the silver medal in the singles C11 event at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden.[4]

2022

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She received the bronze medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2022 World Tennis Championships in Granada, Spain.[5] In June, she won gold medal at the 2022 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava.[6] In the July 2022, Acer took won two gold medal in the women singles and women open events at the VIRTUS European Summer Games held in Kraków, Poland.[7]

2023

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In 2023, she took the silver medal at the 2023 ITTF Tailand Open Tennis Tournament in Bangkok.[8] She claimed the gold medal in the singles C11,[9] and another gold medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France.[10] In the same year, she became champion at the 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield, England.[11]

2024

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In 2024, she took the silver medal at the 2024 ITTF Egypt Para Open in Giza,[12] the gold medal in the in the singles C11 event at the ITTF Slovenia Para Open Thermana Laško in Laško, Slovenia,[13] and another gold medal in the singles C11 event at the 2024 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[14]

Acer's champion title at the 2023 Global Games brought her the qualification to represent her country at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.[15] She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.[2] Acer is the first ever Turkish para table table player to become a Paralympian.[1]

Personal life

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Acer was born in 2002 into a family in poverty living in a slum of Ankara's Yenimahalle district.[3][1] In her school years, she was not successful. Currently, she is a student of sport coaching at Gazi University in Ankara.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Çakmak, Fatih; Hüseyin Doğru (14 June 2023). "Para masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Acer, Cumhurbaşkanı'yla maç yapacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tiryaki, Erkan; Hüseyin Doğru (5 September 2024). "Özel milli sporcu Ebru Acer, para masa tenisinde bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Ebru Acer" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Özel sporcularımız masa tenisinde avrupa ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Milli sporcular Ebru Acer ve Sümeyra Türk ile bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Para Masa Tenisi Milli Sporcumuz Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya. – Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  7. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Çifte Altın Madalya !". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  8. ^ "Ebru ACER'den Bir Altın Madalya Daha !!!". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  9. ^ Boztrpr, Muhammed (7 June 2024). "Paralimpik Oyunları'na kota alan özel sporcu Ebru Acer'den madalya sözü". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Ebru Acer-Sümeyra Türk ikilisinden bir ilk". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Özel sporcu Ebru Acer, Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (in Turkish). 7 September 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Gümüş madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Slovenya'da Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  14. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer Altın Madalya Kazandı" (in Turkish). Türk Spor Vakfı. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Ebru Acer altın madalyaya odaklandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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