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Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Iğdır, Turkey | September 7, 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mesme Taşbağ (born September 7, 1981) is a Turkish visually impaired judoka ( disability class B3) competing in the heavyweight (+70 kg) division. [1] [2] She is a physician by profession. [3]
Mesme Taşbağ was born in Iğdır, Turkey on July 9, 1981. She was educated in medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun graduating in 2008. [3] She served five years long in her hometown in Iğdır. Currently, she works as a physician in the emergency service of the Yunus Emre Hospital in Eskişehir. [4] [5]
Taşbağ began in Iğdır with performing judo as she wanted to stay in shape. During this time, she developed keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye leading to 40% loss of her visual acuity. [5]
At the 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in Seoul, South Korea, she took a bronze medal in the +70 kg event. [6] She won the gold medal in the heavyweight (+70 kg) event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal. [7] She obtained so a quota spot for the Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3] [5]
Taşbağ was the flag bearer at the parade of nations of Rio de Janeiro 2016. [8] She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [9]
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Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Iğdır, Turkey | September 7, 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mesme Taşbağ (born September 7, 1981) is a Turkish visually impaired judoka ( disability class B3) competing in the heavyweight (+70 kg) division. [1] [2] She is a physician by profession. [3]
Mesme Taşbağ was born in Iğdır, Turkey on July 9, 1981. She was educated in medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun graduating in 2008. [3] She served five years long in her hometown in Iğdır. Currently, she works as a physician in the emergency service of the Yunus Emre Hospital in Eskişehir. [4] [5]
Taşbağ began in Iğdır with performing judo as she wanted to stay in shape. During this time, she developed keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye leading to 40% loss of her visual acuity. [5]
At the 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in Seoul, South Korea, she took a bronze medal in the +70 kg event. [6] She won the gold medal in the heavyweight (+70 kg) event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal. [7] She obtained so a quota spot for the Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3] [5]
Taşbağ was the flag bearer at the parade of nations of Rio de Janeiro 2016. [8] She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [9]