Sevilay Öztürk

Sevilay Öztürk
Personal information
Full name Sevilay Öztürk
Nationality Turkish
Born (2003-11-28) November 28, 2003
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Height 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly
Club Kahramanmaraş Municipality SC
Coach Ali Uzun
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Turkey
European Para Youth Games
2017 Liguria 50 m backstroke S5

Sevilay Öztürk (born November 28, 2003) is a Turkish female Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events. She competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Personal history

Sevilay Öztürk was born to Bülent Öztürk and Hülya as their first child on November 28 2003.[1] She has no arms as a birth defect (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis).[2][3]

Very much supported by her father, she was schooled in the neighborhood. She learned to use her foot for writing.[4]

Swimming career

Öztürk began swimming in 2010 after she met Beytullah Eroğlu at a hospital in her hometown, the successful national Paralympic swimmer, who has also bilateral limb deficiency.[3][4] She began with regular swimming exercise in 2013. She won three gold and two silver medals in the national Para swimming championships.[4] She internationally debuted at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin in June 2016.[3][5] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the youngest competitor at all. She failed to capture any medal. She took part at the 2017 European Para Youth Games held in Liguria, Italy, and won the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event.[2]

Öztürk's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[2] The 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) tall Para swimmer is coached by Ali Uzun in Kahramanmaraş Munispality SC.[3]

Achievements

CompetitionPlaceEventRankTimeRef
30th International German Championships Germany, Berlin 50 m Freestyle S5Heats56.57[5]
50 m Butterfly Youth S5552.87
100 m Freestyle S5Heats2:10.39
100 m Backstroke Time Trial S52nd, silver medalist(s)2:09.96
2016 Paralympic Games Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 50 m Freestyle S5850.34[1]
50 m Butterfly S5550.14
50 m Backstroke S5650.19
100 m Freestyle S5Heats1:54.87
2017 European Para Youth Games Italy, Liguria 50 m Freestyle S5446.60[6]
50 m Backstroke S51st, gold medalist(s)46.70

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Profile Swimming: Ozturk, Sevilay". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  2. 1 2 3 "Engelli yüzücü Sevilay Öztürk'ün hedefi! Olimpiyat Şampiyonluğu". Haber 46 (in Turkish). 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Athlete Profile Swimming: Ozturk Sevilay". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  4. 1 2 3 Sevinç, Ersoy (2016-06-18). "Hayatını engelli yüzücü kızına adadı". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. 1 2 "Protokoll 30. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften" (PDF) (in German). Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ↑ "SSwimming Competition". 2017 European Para Youth Games. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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