Havva Elmalı
{{short description|Turkish Paralympic athlete}}
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Havva Elmalı (born 12 August 2003) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T11 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.
Early life
Havva Elmalı was born in Ankara, Turkey on 12 August 2003. She grew up in foster care after she was taken out at her age of four from a nursery by Selma Engin, who worked volunteerly in the nursery. The foster family became impressed when they watched a visually impaired athlete became a world champion. They decided to engage her with sports.
Sport career
Three months after she started wit athletics, Elmalı participated in a competition, and finished first, which motivated her for further training.
She started performing running in 2016. She is trained by Turkey national team coach Hasan Deniz Kalaycı.
Elmalı became champion in the 1500m T11 event at the 2019 IPC World Junior APara Athletics Championships held in Notvil, Switzerland.
She won the bronze medal in the 400m T11 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She won another bronze medal in the 1500m T11 event.
She was named as one of two flag bearers along with Mucahit Günaydın by the Turkish National Paralympic Committee to lead the Turkish contingent for the opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/ozel-sporcu-havva-elmalidan-altin-madalya/1548292 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Özel sporcu Havva Elmalı'dan altın madalya |author=Çakar, Ercan |date=2 August 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=7 June 2021}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunyadan-spor/2020-tokyo-paralimpik-oyunlarinin-acilis-toreninde-turk-bayragini-havva-elmali-ile-mucahit-gunaydin-tasiyacak/2344409 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title= 2020 Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'nın açılış töreninde Türk bayrağını Havva Elmalı İle Mücahit Günaydın taşıyacak |author=Avşar, Halil İbrahim |date=24 August 2021 | language=tr |accessdate=29 August 2024 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/havva-elmalidan-dunya-sampiyonlugu-1518022 |newspaper=Cumhuriyet |title=Havva Elmalı'dan dünya şampiyonluğu |date=3 August 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=7 June 2021}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/milli-sporculardan-polonyada-2-altin-1-gumus-ve-2-bronz-madalya-2224330 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Milli sporculardan Polonya'da 2 altın, 1 gümüş ve 2 bronz madalya |date=4 June 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=7 June 2021}}
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External links
- {{IPC profile|havva-elmali}}
- {{TMPK profile|havva-elmali}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elmali, Havva}}
Category:Female competitors in athletics with disabilities
Category:Visually impaired middle-distance runners
Category:Turkish female middle-distance runners
Category:Paralympic athletes for Turkey
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships