ALTUNOLUK Sevda

Date of Birth: 1 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B2

Place of birth: TOKAT

Birth Country:

Turkey

Place of residence : TOKAT

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women TUR Turkey	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #04 TUR Turkey 7 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #11 EGY Egypt 2 TUR Turkey 12	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #28 TUR Turkey 8 BRA Brazil 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #40 USA United States 4 TUR Turkey 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinal #47 TUR Turkey 10 AUS Australia 6	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Semifinal #52 TUR Turkey 8 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Gold Medal Match #55 USA United States 2 TUR Turkey 9	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Women	2018	Malmo, SWE
3	Women	2014	Espoo, FIN
European Championships
1	Women	2019	Rostock, GER
2	Women	2017	Lahti, FIN

Physical Education, Sport Studies - Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, TUR

Languages spoken:

Gultekin Karasu [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Sevtap has played goalball for Turkey, and won a gold medal at the 2019 European Championships in Rostock, Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Mar 2020; haberler.com, 27 Sep 2018)

She began playing goalball at age 14. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

"To show people that I can play a sport." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (fanatik.com.tr, 13 Mar 2020)

She was named the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Athlete of the Month for June 2018. (yenimahalle.bel.tr, 01 Jan 2019; ibsasport.org, 10 Jul 2018)

General Interest

Classification
B2 (ibsasport.org, 22 Dec 2019)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
She began losing her sight towards the end of primary school and was then diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. "I was able to see. But afterwards, I was unable to see that far and I had difficulty in reading." (Demiroren Haber Ajansi YouTube channel, 04 May 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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