Rabia Cirit (born 16 April 1998) is a Turkish female para-athlete competing in the F41 disability class of

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

events.

Private life

Rabia Cirit was born in

Malatya Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...

, Turkey on 16 April 1998.

Sport career

Cirit began her sport career at Samsun Canik Belediyespor in 2016. In 2017, she was admitted to the Turkey national team. She captured two gold medals, in the shot put F41 and discus throw F41 events, at the 2018 IPC World Para-Athletics Grand Prix Italian Open in

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. She won the silver medal in the shot put F41 event at the third leg of the 2021 World Para-Athletics Grand Prix held in

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, Italy. She broke the European record with set on 17 April 2021, which belonged to Ana Gradecak from Croatia. At the

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, Germany, she took the bronze medal in the shot put F41 event . She won the silver medal in the shot put F41 event of the

2021 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe and a refugee team with one athlete. This was ...

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, Poland.

References

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