Fatma Damla Altın (born 18 January 2002) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. She competes in the T20 disability class of long jump, pentathlon and heptathlon events. She owns many world and European champion titles in different para-athletics disciplines.
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 2002 Kırklareli, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, pentathlon, heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Samsun ÖY GSK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aytunç Göz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sport career
editAltın started performing athletics with the encouragement of her physical education teacher in the school. In 2018, her family moved to Samsun, and she went under the coaching of Aytunç Göz. She was admitted to the national team following her success in the Turkish Intellectual Impairment Sport Athletics Championships in 2019.[1]
She competes in the intellectual impairment class T20 of long jump, pentathlon and heptathlon events. [1] She is a member of Samsun ÖY GSK, where she is coached by Aytunç Göz.[2]
2019
editAltın debuted internationally at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships in 2019, and won the silver medal in the long jump T20 of U20 division with 5.02 m.[1][3][2]
The same year, she claimed the gold medal in the pentathlon event at the 9th INAS Open European Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[1][2]
2020
editShe captured the gold medal in the pentathlon event at the 2020 INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń, Poland.[2]
2021
editAt the 2021 Virtus European Indoor Athletics Championships in Nantes, France, she won the gold medal in the pentatlon event.[2]
She took the bronze medal in the 100 m hurdles with 19.58, the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles with 1:19.86,[4] second place in the high junp with 1.35 m, fourth place in the long jump with 5.31 m, the gold medal in the heptathlon with 2,147 points, the silver medal in the 4x100 m with 54.04 and the gold medal in the 4x400 m event with 4:26.98 athe 2021 Virtus World Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[2][5][6]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan,[7] and finished the long jump event with 5.06 m on the seventh place.[2]
2023
editShe won the silver medal in the heptathlon event with 3,251 points, the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles with 80.97 and the silver medal in high jump with 1.60 m at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France.[8]
2024
editAltın claimed the gold medal in the long jump event with 5.63 m at the 2024 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[9]
She won the bronze medal with her 5.43 m mark in the long jump at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.[10]
At the 2024 Virtus Open European Athletics Championships in Uppsala, Sweden, she captured gold medals in the 4x100 m relay with 49.92 and 4x400 m with 4:09.91 and heptathlon with 1,882 points as well as silver medals in the high jump with 1.54 m and long jump 5.50 m.[11]
Altın received a quota for participation at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[1] She won the bronze medal in the long jump T20 event with her career best mark of 5.73 m.[12]
Personal life
editFatma Damla Altın was born in Kırklareli, northwestern Turkey on 18 January 2002.[1][2][6] Since 2018, she has been living in Samsun.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Fatma Damla Altın İkinci Kez Paralimpik Oyunlarında!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Fatma Damla Altın" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralımpik Komitesi. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "WPA Junior Championships Nottwil - Results Long Jump F T20" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Fatma Damla Altın'dan tarihi başarı!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "2021 Virtus World Athletics Championships" (PDF). Virtus. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Dünya şampiyonu atletizmci Kırklareli'nin gururu oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (25 June 2021). "Özel sporcu Fatma Damla Altın, Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'na kota aldı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Virtus Global Games Vichy, France 2023" (PDF). Virtus. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Dubai Para Atletizmde Fatma Damla'dan Altın Madalya !" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Özel Sporcu Fatma Damla Altın Dünya 3'üncüsü!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Resultat Virtus Open European Athletics Championships 2024" (PDF) (in Swedish). Virtus. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Milli para atlet Fatma Damla Altın, uzun atlamada bronz madalya kazandı". Demirören News Agency (in Turkish). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.