Kübra Öçsoy Korkut

Kübra Öçsoy Korkut
Personal information
Birth name Kübra Öçsoy
Nationality Turkish
Born (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994
Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Para table tennis
Club Diyanet Sport Club
Coached by İlhami Kılınçkaya
Medal record
Women's table tennis (class 7)
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual C7
2012 London Team class 6–10
IPC World Championships
2010 South Korea Individual
2010 South Korea Team
IPC European Championship
2011 Croatia Team
2011 Croatia Individual
2007 Slovenia Team
2009 Italy Team
Updated on 8 September 2012.

Kübra Öçsoy Korkut, aka Kübra Korkut, (born Kübra Öçsoy on 20 January 1994 in Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female para table tennis player of class 7 and Paralympian.[1][2]

She lost one arm and both legs due to injuries sustained from an electric shock accident, which occurred as she was four years old. Since her age of eight, Korkut has prosthesis in her legs. Encouraged by her teachers, she began para table tennis playing.[3]

Korkut took part at the 2012 Summer Paralympics competing in the women's individual class 7 event, at which she became 4th after losing 1–3 to her opponent from Ukraine in the bronze medal match. Furthermore, she was part of the Turkish team with her teammate Neslihan Kavas, who became silver medalist in the women's team class 6–10 event after losing to the Chinese team in the final.

She captured the silver medal in the individual C7 event at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Turkey
2007 IPC European Championship Slovenia 3rd team
2009 IPC European Championship Italy 3rd team
IPC International Tournament Hungary 1st team
1st team
IPC International Tournament Slovenia 2nd team
2010 IPC World Championship South Korea 2nd individual
2nd team
IPC International Tournament France 3rd individual
1st team
2011 IPC International Tournament Slovenia 2nd individual
IPC European Championship Croatia 2nd individual
1st team
2012 IPC International Tournament Slovenia 1st individual
Summer Paralympics London, United Kingdom 2nd team
2016 Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ "Sporcular / Masa Tenisi – Kübra Öçsoy" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. ↑ "142 Milli Sporcumuz Rio Vizesi Aldı" (in Turkish). gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ↑ "Kübra Öçsoy". BP London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Masa tenisinde Kübra Korkut gümüş madalya aldı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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