In 1992, at the age of eleven, she was paralyzed following a traffic accident.[4] She completed her education with honors in Business Administration from Bilkent University in 2004. In the same year, she was invited to an archery competition where she got interested and decided to practice that sport. She practised in the basement garage of her apartment building, with the permission of the neighbors.
After two years of practice and competition experience in national tournaments, Gizem Girişmen had 3rd place (ARW2 Recurve Female) at 2006 EPC Archery European Championships held in the Czech Republic, which was her first international tournament.
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She won the first place (FITA Round) at the 2007 IPC Archery World Championships in Cheongju, South Korea. In the same year, she won first place in the 2007 Czech Republic International Archery Tournament. In 2008, she became second in the European Disabled Archery Grand Prix held between July 12–18 in the United Kingdom.
Finally in August 2009, Girişmen confirmed her World Champion status by winning the gold at the Para-Archery World Championships held in Nymburk, Czech Republic.
She has been ranked Number One Archer in the World for Women's Ind. Recurve-W1/W2 since 2007.
Girişmen was nominated as the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year, the first Turkish athlete nominated to this award.[2][6]
Gizem Girişmen is also the Turkish record holder of 30-50-60-70 meters, FITA, 70 mt round and Olymp R Match for ARW2 female category.
gizem, girişmen, born, november, 1981, turkish, paralympic, archer, competing, women, recurve, arw2, event, girişmen, with, targetpersonal, informationnationalityturkishborn, 1981, november, 1981, ankara, turkeysportcountryturkeysportparalympic, archeryeventwo. Gizem Girismen born 25 November 1981 1 is a Turkish Paralympic archer 2 competing in the women s recurve ARW2 event 3 Gizem GirismenGirismen with targetPersonal informationNationalityTurkishBorn 1981 11 25 25 November 1981 age 42 Ankara TurkeySportCountryTurkeySportParalympic archeryEventWomen s recurve ARW2ClubAnkara Okculuk Ihtisas Spor KulubuCoached byGulusen Guler BalciAchievements and titlesParalympic finals2008Medal record Women s archery Representing Turkey Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Women s individual recurve W1 W2Updated on 8 September 2012 Gizem Girismen in front competing against Iran s Zahra Nemati at the London 2012 Paralympics Contents 1 Early years 2 Sporting career 3 See also 4 Honors 5 References 6 External linksEarly years editIn 1992 at the age of eleven she was paralyzed following a traffic accident 4 She completed her education with honors in Business Administration from Bilkent University in 2004 In the same year she was invited to an archery competition where she got interested and decided to practice that sport She practised in the basement garage of her apartment building with the permission of the neighbors After two years of practice and competition experience in national tournaments Gizem Girismen had 3rd place ARW2 Recurve Female at 2006 EPC Archery European Championships held in the Czech Republic which was her first international tournament Sporting career editShe won the first place FITA Round at the 2007 IPC Archery World Championships in Cheongju South Korea In the same year she won first place in the 2007 Czech Republic International Archery Tournament In 2008 she became second in the European Disabled Archery Grand Prix held between July 12 18 in the United Kingdom She represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the category of individual recurve W1 W2 and won the gold medal by defeating her Chinese rival Fu Hongzhi 5 Finally in August 2009 Girismen confirmed her World Champion status by winning the gold at the Para Archery World Championships held in Nymburk Czech Republic She has been ranked Number One Archer in the World for Women s Ind Recurve W1 W2 since 2007 Girismen was nominated as the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year the first Turkish athlete nominated to this award 2 6 Gizem Girismen is also the Turkish record holder of 30 50 60 70 meters FITA 70 mt round and Olymp R Match for ARW2 female category She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the women s individual recurve W1 W2 event where she lost to her Iranian opponent in the quarterfinals She was also part of the Turkish team at the women s team recurve event which came 5th losing to the team from Italy in the quarterfinals See also editTurkish women in sportsHonors editTorch bearer of 2008 Summer Paralympics Athlete of the Month August 2009 by IPC Flag bearer of Turkey at the 2012 Summer ParalympicsReferences edit Para Archery Archived from the original on 2011 07 27 Retrieved 2008 09 20 a b http www hurriyet com tr spor digersporlar 9888672 asp m 1 in Turkish Sporcular Okculuk Gizem Girisken in Turkish GSB Archived from the original on 2012 12 21 Retrieved 2012 09 08 Ozdil Yilmaz 2012 08 29 Eli ayagi tutan acizler ulkesinin Insanustu yetenekli milli takimi Hurriyet in Turkish Retrieved 2012 09 08 おすすめのレンタルサーバ選び方 法人 中小企業編 比較 http www engellilersitesi com haber 700 spor yolunuz acik olsun html Archived 2010 02 17 at the Wayback Machine in Turkish External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gizem Girismen Gizem Girismen at the World Archery Federation nbsp Paralympics Preceded byMuharrem Korhan Yamac Flagbearer for nbsp TurkeyLondon 2012 Succeeded byMesme Tasbag Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gizem Girismen amp oldid 1219530432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
