Büşra Fatma Ün (born 19 May 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympic wheelchair tennis player.[1][2]
| Full name | Büşra Fatma Ün |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Turkey |
| Born | 19 May 1994 Izmir, Turkey |
| Plays | Right handed |
| Official website | www |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | 30 (29 April 2013) |
| Current ranking | 33 |
| Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 26 (13 May 2013) |
| Current ranking | 35 |
Early years
editBüşra Ün was born in Izmir. At the age of six-and-half-months, her parents noticed that she has no feeling at her feet. She was diagnosed with neuroblastoma having a malignant tumor in her right abdomen. After one-and-half-year-long chemotherapy and two surgeries, the tumor was removed. However, due to damaged nerves, she became paraplegic.[3][4]
Currently, she is a student of sport management at Ege University in Izmir.[4]
Playing career
editShe began with table tennis playing, and then switched over to wheelchair tennis in February 2009 as she was studying in the high school's fourth grade in Buca.[3][4][5] She plays right handed.[1]
She is Turkish champion in the women's and junior's category. In 2010, she won the Balkan Championship. She is on the third place in the world's under-18 ranking. In the world's list, she climbed up to the 30th place.[3]
Ün obtained a quota spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She is so the first ever Turkish wheelchair tennis player to represent her country at the Paralympics.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Busra Un". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Büşra Ün Yeri geldi duvara karşı tek başıma oynadım". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Milli tenisçimiz" (in Turkish). Büşra Ün. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Çiftdalöz, Serhan (7 July 2016). "Fıtratında pes etmek yok". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Büşra Ün, Rio Paralimpik Oyunlarında". Milliyet (in Turkish). 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
External links
edit- Busra Un at the International Paralympic Committee
- Büşra Fatma Ün at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
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