Havva Elmalı (born 12 August 2003) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T11 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 August 2003 Ankara, Turkey |
| Sport | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
| Disability | Visual impairment |
| Disability class | T11 |
| Event(s) | 400m, 1500m |
Medal record | |
Early life
editHavva Elmalı was born in Ankara, Turkey on 12 August 2003.[1] She grew up in foster care after she was taken out at her age of four from a nursery by Selma Engin, who worked volunteerly in the nursery. The foster family became impressed when they watched a visually impaired athlete became a world champion. They decided to engage her with sports.[2]
Sport career
editThree months after she started wit athletics, Elmalı participated in a competition, and finished first, which motivated her for further training.[2]
She started performing running in 2016. She is trained by Turkey national team coach Hasan Deniz Kalaycı.[3]
Elmalı became champion in the 1500m T11 event at the 2019 IPC World Junior APara Athletics Championships held in Notvil, Switzerland.[2][3][4] She won the bronze medal in the 400m T11 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[5] She won another bronze medal in the 1500m T11 event.[6]
She was named as one of two flag bearers along with Mucahit Günaydın by the Turkish National Paralympic Committee to lead the Turkish contingent for the opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Göz Muayeneleri" (in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Dünya Şampiyonu Görme Engelli Milli Atlet Havva Elmalı hikayesini Keçiören'de anlattı". Medya Ankara (in Turkish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b Çakar, Ercan (2 August 2019). "Özel sporcu Havva Elmalı'dan altın madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Havva Elmalı'dan dünya şampiyonluğu". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Milli sporculardan Polonya'da 2 altın, 1 gümüş ve 2 bronz madalya". Fanatik (in Turkish). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Women's 1500m T11 Final Results" (PDF). World Paralympics European Championships Bydgoszcz 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (24 August 2021). "2020 Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'nın açılış töreninde Türk bayrağını Havva Elmalı İle Mücahit Günaydın taşıyacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
External links
edit- Havva Elmalı at the International Paralympic Committee
- Havva Elmalı at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)