Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu

Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu
Personal information
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Ankara, Turkey
EducationPhysical Education and Sport
Alma materBurdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityVisual impairment
Disability classT12
Event(s)400m, 1500m
ClubYenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds SC
Medal record
Track and field
Representing  Turkey
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 400m T12

Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu (born 25 May 1993) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T12 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.[1]

Private life

Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu was born in Ankara, Turkey on 25 May 1993.[1] She studied Physical Education and Sport at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.[2]

Sport career

Kılınç Çırakoğlu is a member of Yenimahalle Belediyesi Visual Impaireds Sport Club in Ankara.[1]

She won the gold medal in the 1500m T12 event at the seventh leg of the 2019 IPC Para-Athletich World Grand Prix held in Tunisia.[2] At the 2021 IPC Para-Athletics World Grand Prix in Dubaş, United Arab Emirates, she captured the gold medal in the 400m T12 event, and set a new Turkish national record with 59.16.[3] She took the gold medal in the 400m T12 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Göz Muayeneleri" (in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "3 July 2019". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Para atlet Sevda Kılınç Çıkaroğlu tarihe geçti!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ ""Sizi milletin evinde ağırlamayı dört gözle bekliyorum"". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.