CIRA Hakan

Date of Birth: 20 Sep 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Place of birth: TRABZON

Birth Country:

Turkey

Place of residence : TRABZON

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m - T13	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T13 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	400m - T12	2017	London, GBR	51.26
8	400m - T12	2019	Dubai, UAE	50.67
10	Men's 200m T13	2015	Doha, QAT	23.47
11	200m - T12	2017	London, GBR	23.26
13	100m - T12	2019	Dubai, UAE	11.31
European Championships
2	400m - T13	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	50.06
2	100m - T12	2018	Berlin, GER	11.57
3	400m - T12	2018	Berlin, GER	50.40
7	100m - T13	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	11.57

Travelling, football. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Manager, Student

Electronic Engineering - Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TUR

Languages spoken:

Nilufer Belediyesi Gorme Engelliler Spor Kulubu [Turkey]

Sedat Ozdemir [national]

Other sports:

He has played futsal at the national visually impaired championships in Turkey. (radikal.com.tr, 24 Jun 2015)

2015 for Turkey (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

He took up Para athletics in 2015 in Trabzon, Turkey. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

His sister took him to a sports club for the visually impaired. He attracted the attention of national Para athletics coaches while playing at the national visually impaired futsal championships in Turkey. They then asked him to join the national Para athletics squad. "I wanted to feel free and prove to myself that I am important and independent." (takagazete.com.tr, 08 Jan 2019; radikal.com.tr, 24 Jun 2015; Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (fanatik.com.tr, 08 Jan 2019)

Winning a silver medal in the T12 100m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, Turkish Para athlete Eren Yildirim. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

His sister. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
F13, T13 (IPC, 12 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
His visual impairment is the result of the effects of Stargardt disease. "I have a genetic disease. My sister and cousin have it too. My sister began losing her vision at age 12 while I began losing it at age 23." (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019; takagazete.com.tr, 08 Jan 2019; radikal.com.tr, 24 Jun 2015)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He has also studied sports and coaching at the Karadeniz Technical University in Trabzon, Turkey. He said his coach, Adem Batar, was the motivation for his choice of study. "Coach Adem is an example for me. I want to be a coach because of him. I came to life with sports, so I want to coach people who also come to life with sports." (takagazete.com.tr, 08 Jan 2019; Facebook profile, 16 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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