Sümeyye Boyacı

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Sümeyye Boyacı
Boyacı in 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 21)
Eskişehir, Turkey
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClubEskilehir Metropolitan Nunicipality SC
CoachMehmet Bayrak
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2019 London 50 m backstroke S5
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 50 m backstroke S5
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2020 Funchal 100 metre freestyle S5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Funchal 200 metre freestyle S5
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 100 m freestyle (S4-S10)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 200 m freestyle (S4-S5)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 50 m backstroke (S4-S5)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 50 m butterfly (S5-S7)
World Para Swimming World Series
Gold medal – first place 2019 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke S5
European Para Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Liguria 50 m backstroke S1-5

Sümeyye Boyacı (born 5 February 2003) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events.

Personal history[edit]

Sümeyye Boyacı was born as her parents' first child in Eskişehir, Turkey on 5 February 2003.[1][2] She has no arms (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis) and a hip dislocation as a birth defect.[2][3]

She was schooled in a special primary school in her hometown, where she learned writing with her foot in the first grade.[4]

Painting career[edit]

At the age of four and half, she began painting with her foot.[3] She made a painting for Altın Balık ("The Golden Fish"), the Turkish translation of the Russian book of tale (Russian: Cказка о рыбаке и рыбке) by Alexander Pushkin.[5][6] Her painting was presented to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül for his official visit to Russia.[5] In April 2009, her watercolor paintings were on display in a personal exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Boyacı gifted one of her paintings to the First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, she participated at an exhibition in Eskişehir for traditional Turkish handicrafts with her paper marblings.[8]

Swimming career[edit]

Boyacı decided to begin with swimming as she carefully watched the fish in her aquarium, and discovered that they swim without arms.[3] Boyacı began with swimming in 2008. She has been coached by Mehmet Bayrak since 2012.[2]

In June 2016, she competed at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin.[9] She internationally debuted in the senior class in 2016.[2] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She failed to capture any medal.[2] She took part at the 2017 European Para Youth Games held in Liguria, Italy, and won the bronze medal in the 50 m Backstroke S1-5 event.[2]

In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event at the World Para Swimming World Series held in Indianapolis, USA with a time of 45.28.[10] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke S5 event with a time of 44.74.[11]

The 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall para swimmer at 49 kg (108 lb) is a member of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club.[2] Boyacı's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[3][2]

Achievements[edit]

Competition Place Event Rank Time Ref
30th International German Championships  Germany, Berlin 100 m Breaststroke S6 Heats 4:03.27 [9]
50 m Backstroke Youth-B S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 52.60
50 m Freestyle S5 Heats 51.68
50 m Butterfly S5 Heats 1:01.27
2016 Paralympic Games  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 50 m Backstroke S5 8 50.34 [1]
2017 European Para Youth Games  Italy, Liguria 50 m Freestyle S1-5 4 52.21 [12]
50 m Backstroke S1-5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 51.98
2017 World Championships  Mexico, Mexico City 50m Freestyle S5 7 47.85 [1]
50m Butterfly S5 6 50.99
50m Backstroke S5 4 46.57
200m Freestyle S1-5 7 3:58.38
2018 World Para Swimming European Championships  Ireland, Dublin 50m Backstroke S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45.21 [13][14]
2019 World Para Swimming World Series  United States Indianapolis 50 m Backstroke S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45.28 [10]
2019 World Para Swimming Championships  United Kingdom London 50 m Backstroke S5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 44.74 [11]
2022 World Para Swimming Championships  Portugal Madeira 50 m Backstroke S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 41.58 [15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Athlete Profile Swimming: Boyaci Sumeyye". Paralympic Mexico City 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Efsane değil gerçek deniz kızı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 8 November 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "6 yaşındaki Sümeyye'nin inanılmaz azmi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 September 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Küçük Sümeyye'den Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'e davet". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 27 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. ^ Ataklı, Can (22 January 2017). "Açgözlülük üzerine bir Rus masalı". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Medvedev bile ona hayran". Vatan (in Turkish). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Ayakları İle Ebru Yapan Sümeyye Boyacı Vali Tuna'yı Makamında Ziyaret Etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Protokoll 30. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften" (PDF) (in German). Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı'dan altın madalya". CNN Tğrk (in Turkish). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Sümeyye Boyacı dünya ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ "SSwimming Competition". 2017 European Para Youth Games. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Turkey embraces champion Sümeyye". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Sümeyye Boyacı wins gold for Turkey at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships". balkaneu.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  15. ^ Gazioğlu, Fatih (13 June 2022). "Sümeyye Boyacı ve Sevilay Öztürk'ten Para Yüzme Dünya Şampiyonası'nda madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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