Abdullah Öztürk
Abdullah Öztürk (born 1 October 1989) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian.[1]
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1989 Trabzon, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lider Engellier SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ilhami Kilinckaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1st (August 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Öztürk represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.[2]
In 2014, he won the silver medal along with Ali Öztürk and Nesim Turan in the Team C5 event at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing, China.[3]
He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and Nesim Turan in the Team C4 event at the 2016 Lignano Master Open in Italy.[4][5] He captured the gold medal in the individual C4 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6] He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event of the Paralympics along with his brother Ali Öztürk and teammate Nesim Turan.[7]
As of April 2019, Öztürk ranks second in the world list of his disability class.
He won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[8]
References edit
- ^ . Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralimpik takımımız Londra'da". Habertürk (in Turkish). 20 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ . Masa tenisi Dünyası (in Turkish). 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Simpson, Paul (21 February 2016). . table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Bullock, Francesca (23 February 2016). "Disability Sport: Table Tennis star Jack is back with a bang". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Abdullah Öztürk, Rio'da altın madalya kazandı!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Öztürk kardeşler Rio'da bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Abdullah Öztürk'ten altın madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
External links edit
- Abdullah Öztürk at the International Paralympic Committee
- Abdullah Öztürk at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)