Hamide Kurt

Hamide Kurt (born December 25, 1993) is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/T53 class middle distance event of 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.[1]

Hamide Kurt
Personal information
Born (1993-12-25) December 25, 1993
Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportAthletics
Disability classT52/T53
Medal record
Track and field
Representing  Turkey
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha 100m T53
2017 London200m - T53
IPC Athletics European Championships
2012 Stadskanaal 200m T34/52/53
2016 Grosseto 100m T53
2016 Grosseto 400m T53
2018 Berlin 200m T53
2014 Swansea 100m T53
2014 Swansea 400m T53
2014 Swansea 800m T53
2016 Grosseto 800m T54

Early years

Hamide Kurt was born in Istanbul, Turkey on December 25, 1993.[1] At the age of nine, she had a traffic accident in Istanbul. After nearly two years of treatment in a hospital, she lost the ability to walk, and was forced to use wheelchair.[2][3]

Sporting career

Hamide Kurt began her sporting career in wheelchair basketball at Bağcılar Belediye SK in Istanbul. After realizing that she is not good in this sport branch, she switched over to the para-athletics in the same club.[3][4]

In 2008, she took part at the Turkish Para-athletics Championships, and her success led to her admission to the national team.[2]

Kurt captured the gold medal in the 200m T34/52/53 event at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.[3]

She won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.[4] She set an area record with her time of 17.10 seconds.[3]

At the 8th FAZAA leg of the IPC Athletics 2016 Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was a 2016 Paralympics qualifier, she won the silver medal in the 100m T53 event with 17.43.[5]

Kurt represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished the 400m T53 event sixth.[6] She became European champion in the 200m T53 event at the 2018 IPC Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany running in 31.59.[7]

References
  1. "Hamide Kurt". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. "Engel tanımayan güzel: Hamide Kurt" (in Turkish). Engelliler. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. "Hamide Kurt, azmiyle Rio kapılarını açtı". İstanbul Ajansı (in Turkish). 2016-03-07. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. "Hamide Kurt, dünya ikincisi oldu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. "World records fall on day two in Dubai". Paralympics. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  6. "Hamide Kurt 6. oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  7. "Zübeyde ve Hamide altın madalyaya koştu". Sabah (in Turkish). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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