Yusuf Uçar (born January 1, 1987, in
Reyhanlı,
Hatay Province, Turkey) is a Turkish
national goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...
player of
class B1 and
Paralympian.
Sporting career
A member of İstanbul Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Uçar played in Turkey's national team at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
, which became bronze medalist.
Achievements
References
Living people
1987 births
People from Reyhanlı
Male goalball players
Turkish goalball players
Paralympic goalball players of Turkey
Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
Turkish blind people
Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in goalball
Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
21st-century Turkish people
Sportspeople from Hatay
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