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Fatma Gül Güler

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Fatma Gül Güler
Personal information
Born (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportGoalball
ClubKahramanmaraş Akçakoyunlu İSK
Coached byGültekin Karasu
Medal record
Women's goalball
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championshipss
Gold medal – first place 2022 Matosinhos Team
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Podgorica Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Samsun Team

Fatma Gül Güler (born 12 February 2004) is a Turkish Paralympian goalball player having visual impairment. She is part of the two-time Paralympics as well as world and European champion Turkish team.

Sport career

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Güler started playing goalball in 2012 under the guidance of her primary school teacher.[1] She played in the school team during her education in the middle school for visual impaired. Her school team became runner-up in the Turkish Girls' Goalball Championship in 2018.[2]

She plays for Kahramanmaraş Akçakoyunlu İdmanyurdu Sports Club in her hometown, which successfully compete in the Turkish Women's Goalball First League.[1] She is coached by Gültekin Karasu.[3][4] She is 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) tall at 51 kg (112 lb).[3]

In 2021, she was admitted to the national goalball team. Güler is one of the top goalscorers of Turkey along her national teammate Sevda Altunoluk.[1]

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she and her teammates won the gold medal.[4][5]

Güler was a member of the national team, which won the silver medal at the 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Samsun, Turkey.[6]

She claimed the gold medal with her teammates at the 2022 Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal.[7]

In 2023, she took the gold medal at the IBSA Goalball European Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro.[8]

She was part of the national team, which won the gold medal defeating Israel in the final of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[9]

Personal life

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Fatma Gül Güler was born in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey on 12 February 2004.[3] She is congenitally visually impaired.[1]

After completing her secondary education in a school for visual impaired, she started studying sport coaching in the Faculty of Sports science at the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[2][1]

Honours

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Domestic

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  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2018 Turkish Girls' Goalball Championship

International

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Tükelay, Canan (17 March 2024). "Golbol Kadın Milli Takımı oyuncusu Fatmagül Güler başarısını disiplinli çalışmaya borçlu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Türkiye Kızlar Yıldız Goalball Şampiyonasında 2.lik Aldık" (in Turkish). T.c. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - Kahramanmaraş/ OnikiŞubat - Ertuğrulgazi Görme Engelliler Ortaokulu. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Fatma Gül Güler" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Golbol oyuncusu Fatma: Çok çalıştık ve altın madalyamıza ulaştık". Sözcü (in Turkish). 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Guler, Fatma Gul". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ Gün, İlyas (12 November 2021). "Golbol Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda Türkiye gümüş madalya kazand". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (12 December 2022). "Golbol Kadın Milli Takımı dünya şampiyonu oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Avrupa Goalball Şampiyonasında Takımlarimizdan 1 Altın, 1 Bronz Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Golbol Kadın Milli Takımı Paris 2024 Paralimpik Oyunları'nda İsrail'i yenerek altın madalya kazandı". Euronews (in Turkish). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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