Halime Yıldız
{{short description|Turkish para-badminton player (born 1980)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's Para-badminton }}
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{{MedalBronze|2019 Basel |singles SL3}}
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Halime Yıldız (born 10 September 1980) is a Turkish European champion para-badminton player competing in the SL3 disability class. She is qualified for participation at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.
Sport career
Yıldız won the bronze medal in the singles SL3 category at the 2019 BWF World Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
She received the silver medal ain the singles SL3 category at the 2022 BWF Para World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
She claimed the gold medal in the singles SL3 category at the 2023 European Para Chanpionships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
She won the bronze medal at the 2024 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Starting in 2023, she competed at eleven tournaments in various countries, returning home with medals from nine of them. She qualified to represent her country in the women's singles SL3 category at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.
Personal life
Halime Yıldız was born in Aksaray, Turkey on 10 September 1980. She has orthopedic disability due to congenital hip dislocation as a result of her parents' consanguine marriage. She could not attend physical education lessons in the school. She did not go to the high school. Due to financial problems, she had to work in seasonal jobs.
References
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{{cite news |url=https://beinsports.com.tr/haber/halime-yildizdan-bronz-madalya |newspaper=beIN Sport |title=Halime Yıldız'dan bronz madalya |date=24 February 2024 |language=tr |accessdate=2 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.karar.com/spor-haberleri/para-badmintoncu-halime-yildizdan-altin-madalya-1780589 |newspaper=Karar |title=Para badmintoncu Halime Yıldız'dan altın madalya |date=26 August 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=2 July 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/dunya-ikincisi-para-badmintoncu-halime-yildiz-paris-paralimpik-oyunlarina-hazirlaniyor/2738292 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Dünya ikincisi para badmintoncu Halime Yıldız, Paris Paralimpik Oyunları'na hazırlanıyor |author=Karadavut, Zekeriya |date=15 November 2022 |language=tr |accessdate=2 July 2024}}
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External links
- {{BWFB|P93356|Halime Yildiz}}
- {{IPC|halime-yildiz|Halime Yildiz}}
- {{TMPK|halime-yildiz|Halime Yıldız}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yildiz, Halime}}
Category:Sportspeople from Aksaray
Category:Turkish para-badminton players
Category:Turkish female badminton players
Category:Medalists at the European Para Championships
Category:Paralympic badminton players for Turkey