Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Turkey at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeTUR
NPCTurkish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.tmpk.org.tr (in Turkish)
in Beijing
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Korhan Yamaç
Medals
Ranked 58th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country represented by sixteen athletes, competing in shooting, archery, powerlifting, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, athletics and judo.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Gizem Girişmen Archery Women's individual recurve
 Bronze Neslihan Kavas Table tennis Women's single class 9

Sports

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Mustafa Demir Men's individual recurve W1/W2 600 14  Browne (GBR)
L 90-104 		did not advance
Ozgur Ozen 591 16  Candela (ESP)
W 96-87 		 Chopyk (UKR)
W 107-100 		 Jung (KOR)
W 103-102 		 Cheng C (CHN)
L 98-112 		 Tseng L H (TPE)
L 91-92 		4

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Gülbin Su Women's individual compound 650 3 —  Nilsson (SWE)
W 112-102 		 Kamiya (JPN)
L 104-106 		 Clarke (GBR)
L 109-113 		4
Gizem Girismen Women's individual recurve W1/W2 590 4 Bye  Kuncova (CZE)
W 103-85 		 Dzoba (UKR)
W 99-83 		 Xiao Y (CHN)
W 95-93 		 Fu (CHN)
W 91-85 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hanife Ozturk 503 14  Nakanishi (JPN)
L 78-82 		did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kemal Ozdemir T46 Marathon — 3:11:12 13

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event First Round Semifinals Repechage Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Duygu Cete Women's 57kg  Brussig (GER)
L 0000–0010 		—  Keramida (GRE)
L 0010-1000 		Did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Turan Mutlu 52kg 137.5 9
Levent Tutgun 100kg 185.0 9

Women

Athlete Event Result Rank
Nazmiye Muslu 40kg 90.0 4

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Cevat Karagol Men's 10m air pistol SH1 559 15 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 522 10 did not advance
Muharrem Korhan Yamac Men's 10m air pistol SH1 563 8 Q 95.4 658.4 8
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 552 16 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 532 6 Q 90.7 622.7 7

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Aysel Ozgan Women's 10m air pistol SH1 366 6 Q 90.2 456.2 7
Suzan Tekin Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 379 15 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Neslihan Kavas Women's singles C9  Lei L (CHN)
L 0–3 		 Maldonado (BRA)
W 3–0 		 Belavic (SLO)
W 3–0 		2 Q  Liu M (CHN)
L 1–3 		 Grzelak (POL)
W 3-0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kemal Okur Men's singles  Tenhunen (FIN)
L 5–7, 3-6 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turkey to send 16 athletes to Beijing Paralympic Games", Xinhua, August 28, 2008