Mihriban Kaya

Mihriban Kaya (born 10 March 1996), also known as Mihriban Korkmaz, is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete with an intellectual disability competing in the F20 disability class of shot put event.^[1]

Mihriban Kaya was born in northeastern city of Gümüşhane in Turkey on 10 March 1996.^[2]

Kaya captured the gold medal in the women's pentathlon event at the 2016 INAS Athletics Indoor Championships held in Ancona, Italy.^[3]

She competed in the shot put F20 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, and obtained a quota spot for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after throwing 11.32 meters, a personal best distance of her.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Mihriban Kaya". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 21 September 2016.^{[dead link]}
^ "Milli Sporcumuz Mihriban Kaya". Gümüşhane'nin Sesi (in Turkish). 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Mihriban Kaya'dan tarihe geçen başarı". Sabah (in Turkish). 13 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "016 IPC Athletics European Championships, Grosseto - Women's Shot Put F20 Final" (PDF). Paralympics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Mihriban Kaya, Erdoğan'a verdiği sözü tuttu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "09-13/03/2016 Ancona, Italy - Palaindoor Ancona - Results" (PDF). Athleyics Indoor Championships INAS. Retrieved 21 September 2016.^{[dead link]}