Ebru Acer
{{short description|Turkish para table tennis player (born 2002) }}
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{{MedalSport|Women's Para table tennis }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Singles C11}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships }},{{MedalBronze|2022 Granada|doubles C11}}
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{{MedalGold|2023 Sheffield |singles C11}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Helsingborg|singles C11}}
{{MedalCompetition|VIRTUS European Summer Games}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Krakow |singles C11}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Krakow |open}}
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{{MedalGold|2024 Ostrava|singles C11}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Laško|singles C11}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Giza|singles C11}}
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Ebru Acer (born 27 June 2002) is a Turkish European champion para table tennis player competing in the C11 disability class. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table tennis player to become a Paralympian. She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.
Sport career
= 2019 =
In 2019, she took the silver medal in the singles C11 event at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden.
= 2022 =
She received the bronze medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2022 World Tennis Championships in Granada, Spain. In June, she won gold medal at the 2022 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava.{{Cite news |title=Para Masa Tenisi Milli Sporcumuz Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya. – Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu |url=https://tossfed.gov.tr/para-masa-tenisi-milli-sporcumuz-ebru-acerden-altin-madalya/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |date=25 June 2022 |publisher=Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu}} In July 2022, Acer took won two gold medal in the women's singles and women's open events at the VIRTUS European Summer Games held in Kraków, Poland.{{Cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Çifte Altın Madalya ! |url=https://tossfed.gov.tr/ozel-sporcu-ebru-acerden-cifte-altin-madalya/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |publisher=Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu}}
= 2023 =
In 2023, she took the silver medal at the 2023 ITTF Thailand Open Tennis Tournament in Bangkok.{{Cite news |title=Ebru ACER'den Bir Altın Madalya Daha !!! |publisher=Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu |url=https://tossfed.gov.tr/ebru-acerden-bir-altin-madalya-daha-2/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |date=25 August 2023}} She claimed the gold medal in the singles C11, and another gold medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France. In the same year, she became champion at the 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield, England.
= 2024 =
In 2024, she took the silver medal at the 2024 ITTF Egypt Para Open in Giza, the gold medal in the singles C11 event at the ITTF Slovenia Para Open Thermana Laško in Laško, Slovenia,{{Cite web |title=Slovenya'da Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya |publisher=Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu |url=https://tossfed.gov.tr/slovenyada-ebru-acerden-altin-madalya/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |date=9 May 2024}} and another gold medal in the singles C11 event at the 2024 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Acer's champion title at the 2023 Global Games brought her the qualification to represent her country at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France. She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table tennis player to become a Paralympian.
Personal life
Acer was born in 2002 into a family in poverty living in a slum of Ankara's Yenimahalle district. In her school years, she was not successful. Currently, she is a student of sport coaching at Gazi University in Ankara.
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/masa-tenisinde-ilk-olimpiyat-kotasini-alan-ebru-acer-altin-madalyaya-odaklandi-817691.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Ebru Acer altın madalyaya odaklandı |date=2 December 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/milli-sporcular-ebru-acer-ve-sumeyra-turk-ile-bronz-madalya-kazandi-722143.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Milli sporcular Ebru Acer ve Sümeyra Türk ile bronz madalya kazandı |date=8 November 2022 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/sporskor/ozel-sporcu-ebru-acer-avrupa-sampiyonu-oldu,vX6HOAAdLUCSgZLwVuP4DQ |newspaper=NTV |title=Özel sporcu Ebru Acer, Avrupa şampiyonu oldu |date=7 September 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/engelli-sporlari/engelli-spor-haberleri/ebru-acer-sumeyra-turk-ikilisinden-bir-ilk-276267 |newspaper=TRT Spor |title=Ebru Acer-Sümeyra Türk ikilisinden bir ilk |date=10 June 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/para-masa-tenisinde-ilk-olimpiyat-kotasini-alan-acer-cumhurbaskaniyla-mac-yapacak/2922216 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Para masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Acer, Cumhurbaşkanı'yla maç yapacak |author=Çakmak, Fatih |author2=Hüseyin Doğru |date=14 June 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/paralimpik-oyunlarina-kota-alan-ozel-sporcu-ebru-acerden-madalya-sozu/2916414 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Paralimpik Oyunları'na kota alan özel sporcu Ebru Acer'den madalya sözü |author=Boztrpr, Muhammed |date=7 June 2024 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/paris-2024/ozel-milli-sporcu-ebru-acer-para-masa-tenisinde-bronz-madalya-kazandi/3321974 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Özel milli sporcu Ebru Acer, para masa tenisinde bronz madalya kazandı |author=Tiryaki, Erkan |author2=Hüseyin Doğru |date=5 September 2024 |language=tr |accessdate=7 September 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/ozel-sporcularimiz-masa-tenisinde-avrupa-ikincisi-oldu-41335879 |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Özel sporcularımız masa tenisinde avrupa ikincisi oldu |date=23 September 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=3 July 2024}}
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External links
- [https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/ebru-acer_1998309 Ebru Acer] at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/ebru-acer_1998309 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/ebru-acer_1998309 alternate link 2])
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Category:Turkish female table tennis players
Category:Sportspeople with intellectual disability
Category:Paralympic table tennis players for Turkey
Category:Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey
Category:Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Category:Medalists at the European Para Championships
Category:Gazi University alumni
Category:People from Yenimahalle