Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Turkey)

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The Turkey took 16 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the marksman Korhan Yamac , the most successful athlete of the team was the archer Gizem Girismen , who won a gold medal.

Participants by sport

Archery

Women

• Gizem girisms , 1 × (recurve, class W1 / W2)
• Hanife Özturk
• Gulbin Su

Men

• Mustafa Demir
• Özgur Özen

Judo

Women

• Duygu Cete

athletics

Men

• Kemal Ozdemir

Powerlifting (bench press)

Women

• Nazmiye Muslu

Men

• Turan Mutlu
• Levent Tutgun

Wheelchair tennis

Men

• M. Kemal Okur

shoot

Women

• Aysel Ozgan
• Suzan Tekin

Men

• Cevat Karagol
• M. Korhan Yamac

Table tennis

Women

• Neslihan Kavas , 1 × (individual, grade 9)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )