Turkey at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Turkey at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Turkey at the; 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	TUR
NPC	Turkish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.tmpk.org.tr (in Turkish)
in London
Competitors	69 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Gizem Girişmen (opening); Nazmiye Muslu (closing)
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Medallists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nazmiye Muslu	Powerlifting	Women's 40 kg	30 August
Silver	Çiğdem Dede	Powerlifting	Women's 44 kg	31 August
Silver	Korhan Yamaç	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	30 August
Silver	Nazan Akın	Judo	Women's +70 kg	1 September
Silver	Neslihan Kavas	Table tennis	Women's individual - Class 9	3 September
Silver	Neslihan Kavas Kübra Öçsoy Ümran Ertiş	Table tennis	Women's team class 6-10	8 September
Bronze	Doğan Hancı	Archery	Men's individual compound	3 September
Bronze	Abdullah Aydoğdu Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Tekin Okan Düzgün Tuncay Karakaya Yusuf Uçar	Goalball	Men's tournament	7 September
Bronze	Duygu Çete	Judo	Women's 57 kg	31 August
Bronze	Özlem Becerikli	Powerlifting	Women's 56 kg	2 September

Multiple medalists edit

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Neslihan Kavas	Table Tennis	0	2	0	2

Archery edit

Men


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Erdoğan Aygan	Ind. compound open	637	18	Johansen (NOR) W 6–0	Forsberg (FIN) L 4–6	Did not advance
Doğan Hancı		671	3	Bye	Larsson (SWE) W 7–1	Kascak (SVK) W 7–3	Forsberg (FIN) L 3–7	Rodriguez (ESP) W 6–2
Abdullah Şener		588	28	Simonelli (ITA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Mustafa Demir	Ind. recurve W1/W2	569	17	Mat Zin (MAS) W 6–4	Tseng (TPE) L 2–6	Did not advance
Özgür Özen	Ind. recurve W1/W2	597	10	Chung (TPE) W 6–2	Shahabipour (IRI) L 0–6	Did not advance
Zafer Korkmaz	Ind. recurve standing	588	17	Kim (KOR) W 6–0	Allen (GBR) W 6–4	Shestakov (RUS) L 4–6	Did not advance
Oğuzhan Polat	Ind. recurve standing	588	19	Patryas (POL) W 6–2	Bottomley (GBR) W 6–4	Bennett (USA) L 3–7	Did not advance
Mustafa Demir Zafer Korkmaz Özgür Özen Oğuzhan Polat	Team recurve open	1773	7	—	Malaysia (MAS) W 197–190	Russia (RUS) L 199–212	Did not advance

Women


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Gülbin Su	Ind. compound open	615	11	—	Markitantova (UKR) W 6–4	Lyzhnikova (RUS) L 0–6	Did not advance
Hatice Bayar	Ind. recurve W1/W2	498	13	Tremblay (CAN) W 6–0	Dzoba-Balian (UKR) W 6–4	Mijno (ITA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Özlem Hacer Kalay		537	7	Bye	Sinisalo (FIN) W 6–2	Floreno (ITA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Gizem Girişmen		533	9	Bye	Murray (GBR) W 7–1	Nemati (IRI) L 0–6	Did not advance
Hatice Bayar Özlem Hacer Kalay Gizem Girişmen	Team recurve open	1568	5	—		Italy (ITA) L 175–183	Did not advance

Athletics edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mehmet Nesim Öner	400 m T12	52.53 SB	3	did not advance
Mehmet Nesim Öner	800 m T12	1:57.40 PB	2	—		did not advance
Semih Deniz	400 m T12	DQ		did not advance
	800 m T12	1:57.03	3	—		Did not advance
	1500 m T13	4:01.91 PB	7	—		Did not advance
Cahit Kılıçaslan	800 m T46	1:59.14	8	—		Did not advance
Cahit Kılıçaslan	1500 m T46	4:08.55	11 q	—		4:00.77 PB	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sümeyye Özcan İbrahim Kızılkaya (guide)	1500 m T12	—				5:10.68 PB	7
Ayşegül Tahtakale	Shot put T20	—				8.41	11

Football 5-a-side edit

Turkey has qualified for the football 5-a-side tournament.

The following is the Turkey squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK	Ali Hidir Kurt	33	BOGES – Ankara
2	DF	Mikail Guclu	23	Istanbul – GES Club
5	DF	Ali Cavdar	32	Istanbul – GES Club
6	MF	Ramazan Kunduz	26	Tokat Erbag GES Club
7	MF	Mucahit Huseyin Uslu	23	Ankara – Çankaya GES Club
8	DF	Vedat Yavuz	38	Ordu – GES Club
9	FW	Kahraman Kurbetoglu	28	Malatya – GES Club
10	FW	Ibrahim Uzum	23	Gaziantep Zeugma GES Club
11	FW	Abdullah Sumer	19	Kayseri -GES Club
12	GK	Ismail Koc	40	Istanbul – GES Club

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brazil (BRA)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Qualified for the medal round
2	France (FRA)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Qualified for the medal round
3	China (CHN)	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4	Qualified for the classification round
4	Turkey (TUR)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Qualified for the classification round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

31 August 2012

11:00

China	4–0	Turkey
Wenfa Zheng 2', 50' Xiaoqiang Li 13' (pen.) Yafeng Wang 46'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,938

Referee: Paul Leversuch (Germany)

2 September 2012

9:00

Turkey	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Conceição 4', 38' Alves 14' Da Silva 24' (pen.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,438

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

4 September 2012

11:00

France	1–0	Turkey
Labarre 4' (pen.)	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,421

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

5th–8th place semi-final

6 September 2012

11:00

Iran	1–0	Turkey
Rajab Pour 19'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,510

Referee: Niels Haupt (Germany)

7th–8th place match

8 September 2012

9:00

Turkey	0–2	Great Britain
	Report	Seal 5' Clarke 48'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 969

Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

Goalball edit

Turkey competed for the first time in the men's goalball tournaments.

Squad list^[2]	Group stage		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Squad list^[2]	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Abdullah Aydoğdu Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Tekin Okan Düzgün Tuncay Karakaya Yusuf Uçar	Sweden W 9–2	1	Algeria W 3–1	Finland L 0–2	Lithuania W 4–1
	Great Britain W 7–1
	Finland W 4–0
	Brazil W 4–1
	Lithuania D 2–2

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

30 August 2012 11:30	Turkey	9 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Alkan 3 Düzgün 3 Uçar 2 Karakaya 1	Report	Seremati 2

31 August 2012 11:30	Great Britain	1 – 7	Turkey	Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Sharkey 1	Report	Karakaya 4 Alkan 2 Düzgün 1

1 September 2012 09:00	Turkey	4 – 0	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Karakaya 3 Düzgün 1	Report

2 September 2012 21:00	Turkey	4 – 1	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
	Karakaya 2 Alkan 2	Report	Marques 1

4 September 2012 19:45	Lithuania	2 – 2	Turkey	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Zibolis 2	Report	Alkan 1 Karakaya 1

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 15:45	Turkey	3 – 1	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Karakaya 3	Report	Mokrane 1

Semi-final

6 September 2012 18:30	Turkey	0 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY)
		Report	Mattila 2

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012 18:30	Lithuania	1 – 4	Turkey	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Zibolis 1	Report	Karakaya 4

Judo edit

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarter-final	Semi-final	First repechage round	Repechage semi-final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Halil İbrahim Önel	Men's 73 kg	Junk (GER) W 1010–0100	Kurbanov (RUS) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	Briceno (VEN) L 0002–1120	Did not advance
Yasin Çimciler	Men's 81 kg	Nattajsolhdar (IRI) L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Gülhan Kılıç	Women's 52 kg	—	Brussig (GER) L 0014–1002	Did not advance	Ferreira (BRA) L 0002–0220	Did not advance
Duygu Çete	Women's 57 kg	—	Yoneda (JPN) W 1000–0000	Sultanova (AZE) L 0001–0020	Bye	Simon (USA) W 0140–0002	Did not advance
Şerife Köseoğlu	Women's 63 kg	—	Zhou (CHN) L 0200–0000	Did not advance	Tolppanen (FIN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Nazan Akın	Women's +70 kg	—	Mihaylova (BUL) W 1030–0004	Manzuoli (FRA) W 1000–0000	Bye		Yuan (CHN) L 0000–1000

Powerlifting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Turan Mutlu	Men's 56 kg	150.0	10
İzzettin Kanat	Men's 60 kg	180.0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Nazmiye Muslu	Women's 40 kg	109.0 WR
Çiğdem Dede	Women's 44 kg	105.0
Yasemin Ceylan	Women's 48 kg	114.0	4
Özlem Becerikli	Women's 56 kg	118.0

Shooting edit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Muharrem Korhan Yamaç	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	566	5 Q	664.7 SO: 9.9
	Mixed 25 m pistol SH1	573	2 Q	763.1	4
	Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	532	7 Q	623.8	5
Cevat Karagöl	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	561	11	Did not advance
Cevat Karagöl	Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	519	14	Did not advance
Yunus Bahçeci	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	527	31	Did not advance
	Mixed 25 m pistol SH1	535	21	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	495	24	Did not advance
Aysel Özgan	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1	361	10	Did not advance
Savaş Üstün	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	573	23	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	595	29	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	576	34	Did not advance

Swimming edit

Turkey was represented for the first time at the swimming with 2 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beytullah Eroğlu	50 m butterfly S5	42.27	7 Q	41.44	7
	50 m backstroke S5	43.11	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S5	1:38.45	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Özlem Baykız	50 m freestyle S6	38.04	8 Q	37.95	8
	100 m freestyle S6	1:29.64	12	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:46.50	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke S6	1:53.95	6 Q	1:54.60	7
	50 m butterfly S6	41.05	8 Q	42.91	8
	200 m individual medley S6	3:39.14	13	Did not advance

Table tennis edit

Six athletes competed for Turkey in table tennis. Athletes in classes 1 to 5 compete in wheelchairs, while classes 6 to 10 compete standing. Lower numbered classes indicate a higher severity disability. Athletes with intellectual disabilities compete in class 11.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk	Men's singles class 4	Meszároš (SVK) W 3–0 Lin (TPE) W 3–1	1	Thomas (FRA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Hatice Duman	Women's singles class 3	Fillou (FRA) L 1–3 Pintar (SLO) L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Nergiz Altıntaş	Women's singles class 3	Sigala (MEX) W 3–2 Campbell (GBR) L 1–3	2	Did not advance
Kübra Öcsoy	Women's singles class 7	Barneoud (FRA) W 3–1 van Zon (NED) L 1–3 Munoz (ARG) W 3–0	2	—	Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 2–3	Safonova (UKR) L 1–3	Did not advance
Neslihan Kavas	Women's singles class 9	Pek (POL) W 3–2 Lei (CHN) L 0–3 Liu (CHN) W 3–0	2	—	Liu (CHN) W 3–0	Lei (CHN) L 2–3
Ümran Ertiş	Women's singles class 10	Partyka (POL) L 0–3 Maghraby (EGY) W 3–0 Yang (CHN) L 0–3	3	—	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hatice Duman Nergiz Altıntaş	Women's team class 1-3	Thailand (THA) W 3–1	Great Britain (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Kübra Öcsoy Neslihan Kavas Ümran Ertiş	Women's team class 6-10	Bye	Russia (RUS) W 3–2	Poland (POL) W 3–2	China (CHN) L 0–3

Wheelchair basketball edit

Turkey qualified for the men's team event in wheelchair basketball by finishing eighth at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.^[3]^[4] Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.^[5]

Men's tournament edit

Squad list	Group stage (pool A)		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final (bronze final)
Squad list	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Ali Asker Turan Özgür Gürbulak Cem Gezinci Kaan Dalay Murat Arslanoğlu Aytaç Ercan Deniz Acar Fikri Gündoğdu İsmail Ar Bestami Boz Bülent Yılmaz Ferit Gümüş	United States W 59–50	2	Great Britain L 75–70	Did not advance		7
	Australia L 64–71
	Italy W 65–60
	Spain L 64–67
	South Africa W 79–54

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	5	5	0	372	259	+113	10	Quarter-finals
Turkey	5	3	2	331	302	+29	8^[a]
United States	5	3	2	330	259	+71	8^[a]
Spain	5	3	2	322	292	+30	8^[a]
Italy	5	1	4	260	309	−49	6	Eliminated
South Africa	5	0	5	204	398	−194	5	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Table points, 2) Head-to-head score differential
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head score differential: TUR: +6; USA: −1; ESP: −5

30 August 2012
10:45

Report

United States	50–59	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 20–11, 5–17
Pts: Chambers 17 Rebs: Chambers 9 Asts: Lade 4		Pts: Gezinci 15 Rebs: Gezinci 17 Asts: Gürbulak 15

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Chris Gregory (GBR)

31 August 2012
18:30

Report

Turkey	64–71	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–22, 16–16, 13–16
Pts: Gürbulak 20 Rebs: Gezinci 12 Asts: Dalay 7		Pts: Eveson, Knowles 17 Rebs: Ness 11 Asts: Norris 8

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

1 September 2012
10:45

Report

Turkey	65–60	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 14–21, 11–10, 19–22
Pts: Gürbulak 17 Rebs: Gürbulak 14 Asts: Gürbulak 11		Pts: Cavagnini 25 Rebs: Cavagnini 15 Asts: Moukhariq 5

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Gustavo Mathias (BRA)

2 September 2012
20:45

Report

Spain	67–64	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–16, 21–13, 19–21
Pts: De Paz Pazo 19 Rebs: De Paz Pazo, Zarzuela Beltrán 7 Asts: de Paz Pazo 8		Pts: Gürbulak 18 Rebs: Gürbulak 9 Asts: Gürbulak 4

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)

3 September 2012
19:00

Report

Turkey	79–54	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–18, 20–12, 25–14
Pts: Gezinci 21 Rebs: Gezinci 9 Asts: Gümüş 5		Pts: Nortje 24 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 9

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012
15:15

Report

Turkey	70–75	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–16, 15–22, 25–21
Pts: Gürbulak 28 Rebs: Ercan 10 Asts: Gürbulak 9		Pts: Bywater 23 Rebs: Pollock 9 Asts: Bywater 13

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

5th–8th place semi-final

7 September 2012
15:15

Report

Turkey	78–86 (OT)	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–22, 12–12, 19–16, Overtime: 10–18
Pts: Gürbulak, Gümüş 24 Rebs: Gümüş 9 Asts: Gürbulak 9		Pts: De Paz Pazo 24 Rebs: De Paz Pazo 12 Asts: García Pereiro 10

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

7th/8th place match

8 September 2012
13:00

Report

Poland	74–76	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–22, 20–21, 19–21
Pts: Filipski 28 Rebs: Mosler 11 Asts: Filipski 15		Pts: Gümüş 30 Rebs: Gümüş 9 Asts: Gürbulak 13

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)

Notes edit

^ "Men's Football 5-a-side – Team Rosters – Turkey". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "ParalympicsGB: Who will compete for Great Britain in London?". BBC News. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ "Wheelchair Basketball" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "2010 World Championships Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "Wheelchair Basketball". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

[table_hth_TB10.18138952747983-6] Head-to-head score differential: TUR: +6; USA: −1; ESP: −5

[1] "Men's Football 5-a-side – Team Rosters – Turkey". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[full_team-2] "ParalympicsGB: Who will compete for Great Britain in London?". BBC News. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

[IPC_basketball-3] "Wheelchair Basketball" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[Basketball_results-4] "2010 World Championships Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[5] "Wheelchair Basketball". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

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Turkey at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Medallists edit

Multiple medalists edit

Archery edit

Athletics edit

Football 5-a-side edit

Goalball edit

Judo edit

Powerlifting edit

Shooting edit

Swimming edit

Table tennis edit

Wheelchair basketball edit

Men's tournament edit

See also edit

Notes edit