Merve Nur Eroğlu
 Merve Nur Eroğlu at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 March 1993 Bolu, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2011– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve bow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ahmet Soner Mersinli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish para-archer competing in the women's recurve bow event. She took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Early life
[edit]Merve Nur Eroğlu was born in Bolu, Turkey on 25 March 1993.[1] She lives in her hometown.[2]
At the age of six, she became paralyzed following a traffic accident. She uses a wheelchair.[3]
Sporting career
[edit]Eroğlu began with archery after finishing the high school in 2011. She trains at the sports hall of Bolu Police.[3] She is coached by Ahmet Soner Mersinli.[2]
She competed at the 2016 European Qualifier held in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France, and obtained a quota spot for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3][4][5]
In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the Individual and the silver medal in the Mixed team event together with her teammate Sadık Savaş at the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Merve Nur Eroglu". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 11 September 2016.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Merve Nur Eroglu". World Archery. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Olimpiyatlara hazırlanan kızını yalnız bırakmıyor". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (6 April 2016). "Rio 2016 quota places secured at European Para-Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralimpik Oyunları'nda kota sayısı 63'e çıktı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (26 February 2021). "Milli para okçulardan Dubai'de 8 madalya". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Aşıkçı, Emre (25 February 2021). "Turkish Paralympic archery team bags 4 medals in Dubai". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Merve Nur Eroğlu at the World Archery Federation
- Merve Nur Eroğlu at the International Paralympic Committee
- Merve Nur Eroğlu at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bolu
- Turkish female archers
- Paralympic archers for Turkey
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- People with paraplegia
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Turkish sportspeople stubs
- European archery biography stubs