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Sümeyye Boyacı

Sümeyye Boyacı (born 5 February 2003) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events.

Sümeyye Boyacı
Boyacı in 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 21)
Eskişehir, Turkey
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClubEskilehir Metropolitan Nunicipality SC
CoachMehmet Bayrak
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2019 London 50 m backstroke S5
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 50 m backstroke S5
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2020 Funchal 100 metre freestyle S5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Funchal 200 metre freestyle S5
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 100 m freestyle (S4-S10)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 200 m freestyle (S4-S5)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 50 m backstroke (S4-S5)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 50 m butterfly (S5-S7)
World Para Swimming World Series
Gold medal – first place 2019 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke S5
European Para Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Liguria 50 m backstroke S1-5

Personal history

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Sümeyye Boyacı was born as her parents' first child in Eskişehir, Turkey on 5 February 2003.[1][2] She has no arms (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis) and a hip dislocation as a birth defect.[2][3]

She was schooled in a special primary school in her hometown, where she learned writing with her foot in the first grade.[4]

Painting career

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At the age of four and half, she began painting with her foot.[3] She made a painting for Altın Balık ("The Golden Fish"), the Turkish translation of the Russian book of tale (Russian: Cказка о рыбаке и рыбке) by Alexander Pushkin.[5][6] Her painting was presented to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül for his official visit to Russia.[5] In April 2009, her watercolor paintings were on display in a personal exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Boyacı gifted one of her paintings to the First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, she participated at an exhibition in Eskişehir for traditional Turkish handicrafts with her paper marblings.[8]

Swimming career

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Boyacı decided to begin with swimming as she carefully watched the fish in her aquarium, and discovered that they swim without arms.[3] Boyacı began with swimming in 2008. She has been coached by Mehmet Bayrak since 2012.[2]

In June 2016, she competed at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin.[9] She internationally debuted in the senior class in 2016.[2] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She failed to capture any medal.[2] She took part at the 2017 European Para Youth Games held in Liguria, Italy, and won the bronze medal in the 50 m Backstroke S1-5 event.[2]

In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event at the World Para Swimming World Series held in Indianapolis, USA with a time of 45.28.[10] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke S5 event with a time of 44.74.[11]

The 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall para swimmer at 49 kg (108 lb) is a member of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club.[2] Boyacı's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[3][2]

Achievements

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Competition Place Event Rank Time Ref
30th International German Championships   Germany, Berlin 100 m Breaststroke S6 Heats 4:03.27 [9]
50 m Backstroke Youth-B S5   52.60
50 m Freestyle S5 Heats 51.68
50 m Butterfly S5 Heats 1:01.27
2016 Paralympic Games   Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 50 m Backstroke S5 8 50.34 [1]
2017 European Para Youth Games   Italy, Liguria 50 m Freestyle S1-5 4 52.21 [12]
50 m Backstroke S1-5   51.98
2017 World Championships   Mexico, Mexico City 50m Freestyle S5 7 47.85 [1]
50m Butterfly S5 6 50.99
50m Backstroke S5 4 46.57
200m Freestyle S1-5 7 3:58.38
2018 World Para Swimming European Championships   Ireland, Dublin 50m Backstroke S5   45.21 [13][14]
2019 World Para Swimming World Series   United States Indianapolis 50 m Backstroke S5   45.28 [10]
2019 World Para Swimming Championships   United Kingdom London 50 m Backstroke S5   44.74 [11]
2022 World Para Swimming Championships   Portugal Madeira 50 m Backstroke S5   41.58 [15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Efsane değil gerçek deniz kızı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 8 November 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "6 yaşındaki Sümeyye'nin inanılmaz azmi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Küçük Sümeyye'den Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'e davet". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 27 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. ^ Ataklı, Can (22 January 2017). "Açgözlülük üzerine bir Rus masalı". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Medvedev bile ona hayran". Vatan (in Turkish). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Ayakları İle Ebru Yapan Sümeyye Boyacı Vali Tuna'yı Makamında Ziyaret Etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Protokoll 30. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften" (PDF) (in German). Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı'dan altın madalya". CNN Tğrk (in Turkish). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı dünya ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ "SSwimming Competition". 2017 European Para Youth Games. Retrieved 3 January 2018.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ "Turkey embraces champion Sümeyye". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Sümeyye Boyacı wins gold for Turkey at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships". balkaneu.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  15. ^ Gazioğlu, Fatih (13 June 2022). "Sümeyye Boyacı ve Sevilay Öztürk'ten Para Yüzme Dünya Şampiyonası'nda madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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