Aysel Özgan (born 5 May 1978) is a Turkish female paralympic shooter competing in the pistol events. She took part at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympic Games.
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| Born | 5 May 1978 Giresun, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Bursa, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2004 – Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic pistol shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | P2 Women's 10m air pistol SH1, P4 Mixed 50m air pistol SH1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Yıldırım Belediyespor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editAysel Özgan was born in Giresun, Turkey on 5 May 1978. When she was 12 years old, she was forced to interrupt her education because of health problems. She twice underwent surgery on her neck following a separation of the vertebrae due to an aneurysmal bone cyst.[1][2] She was paralyzed below her chest due to complications that arose from the second surgery and is unable to walk, with restricted movement in her right arm.[3][4] She uses a wheelchair.[1]
After passing a special exam for physically disabled persons, she was appointed a government official.[2]
In 2015, Özgan moved to Bursa, Turkey. She is an employee of the provincial Youth Services and Sports Administration.[4]
Sporting career
editÖzgan's shooting sport career began in 2004 when the Turkish Shooting Championships were hosted in her hometown of Giresun,[3][1][5] Upon urging of her friends, she applied for a license to shoot, and took part in the competition as the only female athlete. She won the championship on her first attempt even though she had not used a firearm before.[3][4][1]
She was called up to the qualifiers, and was selected for the national Paralympic shooting team one year after the first tournament in which she participated.[3]
Özgan competes in the P2 women's 10m air pistol SH1 and P4 Mixed 50m air pistol SH1 events.[6][7][8] Paralympic shooters, who do not need a shooting stand to support the firearm, are categorized in the SH1 class.[9] Özgan is a member of Yıldırım Belediyespor in Bursa.[3]
She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and 2012 London Paralympics.[3] At the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup held in Fort Benning, USA, she qualified to participate at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[4][10]
Özgan took the gold medal in the P2 SH1 event at the 2012 IPC Shooting World Cup held in Szczecin, Poland.[5]
In 2015, Özgan won the silver medal in the P2 10m air pistol SH1 event at the IPC Shooting World Cup held in Fort Benning, United States.[11] This success brought her a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[12] She placed seventh in the P2 10m air pistol SH1 qualification event at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia.[8]
She won the 2016 Turkish Shooting Championship in the 10m air pistol event.[13] At the 2016 IPC Shooting World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, she took the silver medal with her teammates in the P4 SH1 event.[14]
She became gold medalist in the P4 50m air pistol event of SH1 category at the 2017 IPC World Cup held in Hannover, Germany.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Başarıyı 'öylesine' yakaladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 11 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Aysel Özgan engelleri sporla aştı, şimdi hedef 2020 Tokyo". Fanatik (in Turkish). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Engelli atıcı Aysel Rio 2016 yolunda". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Bursalı engelli atıcı Rio yolunda". Bursada Vugün (in Turkish). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Personelimiz Aysel Özgan Dünya Şampiyonu". Giresun Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "2015 IPC Shooting World Cup Fort benning – Pehşivanlar Aysegul TUR" (PDF). USA Shooting. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "2015 IPC Shooting World Cup Fort benning - Start List P4 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 Qualification" (PDF). USA Shooting. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Results P4 50m Pistol Mixed SH1" (PDF). 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup Fort benning. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Classification". IPC Shooting. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Two world records conclude IPC Shooting World Cup". IPC Shooting. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Butler, Nick (6 November 2015). "South Korean treble on penultimate day of IPC Shooting World Cup". Inside The Games. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Atıcılık'ta Paralimpik Oyunları için 4 kota". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Atıcılık Türkiye Şampiyonası - 10 m Havalı Tabanca Bayan (p2)" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Bedensel Enegelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Result Book - 2016 IPC Shooting World Cup Bangkok" (PDF). IPC Shooting. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Yıldırımlı atıcı Aysel Özgan dünya şampiyonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
External links
edit- Aysel Özgan at the International Paralympic Committee
- Aysel Özgan at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)