Sevgi Yorulmaz

Sevgi Yorulmaz
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1982-04-20) 20 April 1982
Batman, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic archery
Event
Compound bow W2
ClubOkçular Vakfı
Medal record
Women's archery Compound bow W2
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dubai Women Open Doubles
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Women's individual compound open

Sevgi Yorulmaz (born 20 April 1982) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Women's compound bow W2 event.[1] She lives in Denizli, Turkey.[2] She is a member of the "Okçular Vakfı" ("Archers Foundation").[3]

Personal life

In 2014, she married Abdullah Yorulmaz (born 1983), also a wheelchair disabled person. After their marriage, she started also performing para archery like her husband.[4]

Sports career

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Individual compound open event.[1][5]

At the 2022 World Para Archery Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in the Compound Women Open Doubles event together with her teammate Öznur Cüre.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yorulmaz, Sevgi". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Denizlili okçular olimpiyat vizesi alsı". D 20 Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Okçular Vakfi Sporcularindan Bahattin Hekimoglu Ve Sevgi Yorulmaz Da Paralimpik Oyunlari'na Kota Kazandi". Beyaz Spor (in Turkish). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Engelli Çiftin Büyük Mutluluğu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (29 August 2021). "Sevgi Yorulmaz Tokyo'da son 16 turuna yükseldi". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (25 February 2022). "Para Okçuluk Dünya Şampiyonası'nda Öznur Cüre ve Sevgi Yorulmaz altın madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.