Personal information | |
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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]
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
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]
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]
Personal information | |
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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]
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
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]
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]