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
 GoldGizem GirişmenArcheryWomen's individual recurve
 BronzeNeslihan KavasTable tennisWomen's single class 9

Sports

Archery

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

Men's track

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

Judo

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

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

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

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

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

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