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Beytullah Eroğlu

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Beytullah Eroğlu
Personal information
Full nameBeytullah Eroğlu
NationalityTurkish
Born (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 29)
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly, freestyle
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
CoachMehmet Fatih Kurt
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City 50 m backstroke S5
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 50 m butterfly S5
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 50 m backstroke S5
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Funchal 50 m butterfly S5
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly S5

Beytullah Eroğlu (born 25 September 1995) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. He competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, butterfly and backstroke, specializing in sprint events. He competed in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics, at four World Para Swimming Championships and two IPC Swimming European Championships. At the 2017 World Championships, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Paralympic swimming.

Personal history

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Beytullah Eroğlu was born to Mustafa Eroğlu and his wife Hilal in Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey on 25 September 1995.[1] He is the family's oldest of four children.[2] He was born without arms and a leg 12 cm (4.7 in) shorter than the other.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

He had a secluded life in his childhood.[7] He did not leave his home until the age of seven. The life of the introverted boy has changed when his father persisted in his schooling. He learned to use his foot for writing, and made friends with his classmates. As he became known in the local media, Osman Çullu, the chairman of the Kahramanmaraş Para Swimming Club and the national team coach, visited the family. He proposed Beytullah to learn swimming. However, the disabled child became very scared thinking how can he will be able to swim with not arms,. Later, he got persuaded, and began to exercise swimming with the help of a raft. It took six hard years to learn swimming. Performing sport made him a happy individual. "When asked where his arms are", he jokingly replies "they were too heavy, I left them at home".[2]

The 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) tall physically disabled swimmer at 44 kg (97 lb) is currently[when?] a student of physical education at Istanbul University.[8]

Swimming career

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Eroğlu was inspired to try the competition swimming after watching the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia in the television. He also saw swimming as an opportunity to become more sociable. He began swimming in his hometown in 2001.[8]

His uncle Şeref Eroğlu, silver medalist sport wrestler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, became a role model for him.[4] He participated in competitive swimming first in 2007.[7] He holds national records in seven events (59 m freestyle S5e, 50 m butterfly S5, 50 m backstroke S5, 100 m freestyle S5, 100 m breaststroke SB5, 200 freestyle S5 and 200 m individual medley SM5).[4]

Eroğlu internationally debuted at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.[7] He qualified for the Turkey national team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom. he participated at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada. He won his first medal, a silver medal in the 50m Butterfly S5 event at the 2014 European Championships held in Eindhoven. Eroğlu won a bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke S5 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and another bronze medal in the 50m Butterfly S5 event at the 2016 European Championships in Funchal, Portugal.[6] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil without reaching to any medal.[2] Eroğlu took his country's first ever gold medal in Paralympic swimming at the 2017 World Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 50m Butterfly S5 event. He won also a bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke S5 event of the same tournament.[3][9]

Eroğlu's disability swimming classification is S5 due to his limb deficiency as a birth defect.[8] He is coached by Mehmet Fatih Kurt in the sports club İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., which gave him access to a swimming facility in Istanbul.[7] His father Mustafa Eroğlu is his manager.[3]

Achievements

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Competition Place Event Rank Time
2010 World Championships [ Netherlands, Eindhoven 50m Backstroke S5 6 45.46
50m Butterfly S5 6 44.15
50m Freestyle S5 14 45.25
2012 Paralympic Games  United Kingdom, London 50m Backstroke S5 Heats 43.11
50m Butterfly S5 7 41.44
100m Freestyle S5 Heats 1:38.45
2013 World Championships  Canada, Montreal 50m Backstroke S5 4 43.85
50m Butterfly S5 4 39.38
200m Individual Medley SM5 6 3:33.38
2014 European Championships  Netherlands, Eindhoven 50m Backstroke S5 4 41.67
50m Butterfly S5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 38.188
200m Individual Medley SM5 4 3:30.39
2015 World Championships  United Kingdom, Glasgow 50m Backstroke S5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 40.27
50m Butterfly S5 4 38.00
2016 European Championships  Portugal, Funchal 50m Backstroke S5 7 3:30.39
50m Butterfly S5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 38.41
2016 Paralympic Games  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 50m Backstroke S5 6 41.31
50m Butterfly S5 5 38.70
2017 World Championships  Mexico, Mexico City 50m Backstroke S5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 42.05
50m Butterfly S5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 38.35
100m Freestyle S5 4 1:27.51
200m Freestyle S5 4 3:21.52
2019 World Para Swimming Championships  United Kingdom London 50 m Backstroke S5 6th 39.84[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Beytullah Eroğlu'ndan Altın Madalya!". Limitsiz Spor (in Turkish). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Beytullah Eroğlu, Hayata Yüzerek Sarıldı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Engelli dünya şampiyonu Beytullah Eroğlu'na coşkulu karşılama". Fanatik (in Turkish). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Yücel, Hatice (7 September 2014). "Beytullah amcasının yolunda". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ "İki Kolu Olmayan Milli Yüzücünün Hedefi Dünya Şampiyonluğu". Spor Haberler (in Turkish). 8 June 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "European champion Eroğlu eyes world title". Daily Sabah. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Beytullah Eroğlu won gold at paralympics in Mexico City…". Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d "Eroglu Beytullah". Paralympic. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Şampiyon Yüzücü Beytullah Eroğlu'na Kahramanmaraş'ta Coşkulu Karşılama". Milliyet (in Turkish). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Sümeyye Boyacı dünya ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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