| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 41) |
| 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.
Results※
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
Early life※
Zehra Özbay Torun was born with disability on 7 September 1982.
She lives in Antalya, Turkey, where she moved——to after her marriage. She has a baby. And works in the "state service."
Sporting career※
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. After a brief training by, "Vedat Erbay in the Vedat Erbay SK," she was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair archery team.
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.
References※
- ^ "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "8 ayda Rio olimpiyatlarına katılmaya hak kazandı". Spor X (in Turkish). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Zehra Ğzbey Torun". World Archery. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (6 April 2016). "Rio 2016 quota places secured at European Para-Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links※
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the World Archery Federation
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the International Paralympic Committee
- Zehra Özbey Torun at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)