Abdullah Öztürk

Abdullah Öztürk (born October 1, 1989) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian.[1]

Abdullah Öztürk
Ozturk at 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1989-10-01) October 1, 1989
Trabzon, Turkey
ResidenceAnkara, Turkey
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportPara table tennis
ClubLider Engellier SC
Turned pro2008
Coached byIlhami Kilinckaya
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (August 2017)
Updated on 8 April 2019.

Öztürk represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.[2]

In 2014, he won the silver medal along with Ali Öztürk and Nesim Turan in the Team C5 event at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing, China.[3]

He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and Nesim Turan in the Team C4 event at the 2016 Lignano Master Open in Italy.[4][5] He captured the gold medal in the individual C4 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6] He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event of the Paralympics along with his brother Ali Öztürk and teammate Nesim Turan.[7]

As of April 2019, Öztürk ranks second in the world list of his disability class.

References

  1. "Abdullah Ozturk". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  2. "Paralimpik takımımız Londra'da". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  3. "Para Table Tennis'de Dünya 8.si olduk". Masa tenisi Dünyası (in Turkish). 2014-12-10. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  4. Simpson, Paul (2016-02-21). "Three silvers and two bronzes for GB in Italy". table Tennis England. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  5. Bullock, Francesca (2016-02-23). "Disability Sport: Table Tennis star Jack is back with a bang". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  6. "Abdullah Öztürk, Rio'da altın madalya kazandı!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  7. "Öztürk kardeşler Rio'da bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-16.


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