Hamide Doğangün
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Hamide Kurt |
| Born | 25 December 1993 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Sport | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Disability class | T53 |
| Team | Red Velvet Racing Team |
| Coached by | Arno Mul |
Medal record | |
Hamide Kurt Doğangün (born Hamide Kurt, 25 December 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/T53 class middle-distance event of 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.[1]
Early years
Doğangün was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 December 1993.[1] At the age of nine, she had a traffic accident in Istanbul. After nearly two years of treatment in a hospital, she lost the ability to walk, and became reliant on a wheelchair.[2][3]
Sporting career
Doğangün began her sporting career in wheelchair basketball at Bağcılar Belediye SK in Istanbul. After realizing that she is not good in this sport branch, she switched over to the para-athletics in the same club.[3][4]
In 2008, she took part at the Turkish Para-athletics Championships, and her success led to her admission to the national team.[2]
Doğangün captured the gold medal in the 200m T34/52/53 event at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.[3]
She won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.[4] She set an area record with her time of 17.10 seconds.[3]
At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event with 17.43.[5]
Doğangün represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished the 400m T53 event sixth.[6] She became European champion in the 200m T53 event at the 2018 IPC Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany running in 31.59.[7]
She won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[8] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[9] She took the silver medal in the 100m T53 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[10] She won further the silver medal in the 400m T53 event in the same championship.[11] She won her third silver medal in the 800m T53 event.
References
- ^ a b "Hamide Kurt". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Engel tanımayan güzel: Hamide Kurt" (in Turkish). Engelliler. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Hamide Kurt, azmiyle Rio kapılarını açtı". İstanbul Ajansı (in Turkish). 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Hamide Kurt, dünya ikincisi oldu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "World records fall on day two in Dubai". Paralympics. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Hamide Kurt 6. oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 12 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Zübeyde ve Hamide altın madalyaya koştu". Sabah (in Turkish). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Hamide Doğangün". Türk Sporu (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Özmüş, Sinan (11 March 2021). "Bedensel engelli atlet Hamide Doğangün, Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'nda madalya hedefliyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Para milli atletlerden Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda iki madalya". SporX] (in Turkish). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Para milli atletlerden 4 madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
External links
- Hamide Dogangun at the International Paralympic Committee
- Hamide Doğangün at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Female competitors in athletics with disabilities
- Turkish female wheelchair racers
- Turkish female sprinters
- Turkish female middle-distance runners
- People with paraplegia
- Paralympic athletes for Turkey
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics