Muhsine Gezer (born 1 April 2003) is a Turkish female para-athlete competing in the T20 disability class of mainly middle-distance events 800 m and 1500 m.
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| Born | 1 April 2003 Burhaniye, Balıkesir, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Triple jump, 400 m,800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Private life
editMuhsine Gezer was born in Burhaniye district of Balıkesir on 1 April 2003.[1]
Sports career
editGezer competed in the triple jump, 800 m, 100 m hurdles and 4 × 400 m relay events at the 2016 INAS European Athletics Championships held in Ankara, Turkey, and took the bronze medal in triple jump and the gold medal in 800 m.[2][3]
She won the bronze medal in the 800 m T20 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom.[1] The same year, she captured the gold medal in the 400 m event at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland.[4]
Gezer took the silver medal in the 800 m event, and captured the gold medal in 1500 m event at the 2018 INAS Indoor Athletics Championships in Val-de-Reuil, France.[5]
In 2019, she won a gold medal in the II1 category of the 4 × 200 m relay II1 event and three silver medals in the 800 m, 1500 m and 4 x 400 relay events at the INAS Open European Athletics Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] She became world champion in the 1500 m T20 (U18) event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland.[7]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Place | !Event | Result | Notes |
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| 2016 | INAS European Athletics Championships |  Turkey, Ankara
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Triple jump |  |
9.26 m[3] |
| 800 m |  |
2:27.02[3] | |||
| 100 m hurdles | 4th | 34.97[3] | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | [3] | |||
| 2017 | World Para Athletics Championships |  United Kingdom, London
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800 m T20 | |
2:22.94 PB[1] |
| World Para Athletics Junior Championships |  Switzerland, Nottwil
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400 m T20 (U18) |
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1:02[4] | |
| 2018 | INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships |  France, Val-de-Reuil
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800 m |  |
2:29.58[8] |
| 1500 m | |
5:21.23[8] | |||
| 2019 | World Para Athletics Junior Championships | Switzerland, Nottwil
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1500 m T20 (U18) |
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5:11[7] |
| INAS Open Europe Indoor Athletics Championships | Turkey, Istanbul
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800m II1 | |
2:20.53[6] | |
| 1500m II1 | |
5:08.49[6] | |||
| 4 × 200 m relay II1 | |
1:51.38[6] | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay II1 | |
4:28.38[6] |
- DQ: Disqualified
- PB: Personal Best
References
edit- ^ a b c "Women's 800m T20 Final" (PDF). Worls Para Athletics Championships 2017 London. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "INAS'ta madalya rekoru". Sabah (in Turkish). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "2016 European Championships, Turkey Results & Records" (PDF). INAS For Para-Athletics with an intellectual disability. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Muhsine Gezer, Dünya Şampiyonu oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Aslıtüce, Hüseyin; İbrahim Yıldız (5 March 2018). "Dünya üçüncüsü özel sporcular yurda döndü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "9th INAS Open European Indoor Athletics Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Özel Sporcu Muhsine Gezer ikinci kez dünya şampiyonu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Val De Reuil (Stade Couvert Jesse Owens) le 02 - 04 mars 2018" (PDF). INAS World Indoor Athletics IND. Retrieved 7 August 2019.