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Turkish para-athletes win 8 medals in World Grand Prix

Men win gold, silver, bronze; women bag 3 gold, 2 silver medals in Tunisia

Emrah Oktay  | 21.03.2021 - Update : 21.03.2021
Turkish para-athletes win 8 medals in World Grand Prix

ISTANBUL

Turkish paralympic athletes won eight medals at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, the Turkish Sports Federation for the Physically Disabled said on Saturday.

Turkey won a gold, silver and a bronze in the men's category.

Turkish women bagged three gold and two silver medals in Tunis, Tunisia.

The competition ended on Saturday.



Men's category:

Abdullah Ilgaz (high jump T46/47 category): Gold

Gokhan Akin (high jump T46/47 category): Bronze

Tarik Taha Buyrukoglu (high jump T42/44/64 category): Silver


Women's:

Zubeyde Supurgeci (100 meters T53/54 category): Gold

Zeynep Acet (100 meters T53/54 category): Silver

Zubeyde Supurgeci (400 meters T53/54 category): Gold

Zeynep Acet (400 meters T53/54 category): Silver

Hamide Dogangun (800 meters T53 category): Gold


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