Suzan Çevik (born Suzan Tekin; 23 October 1977) is a Turkish female paralympic shooter competing in the rifle events. She took part at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

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, China and

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...

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, Brazil.

Early life

She was born as Suzan Tekin in

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

, Turkey on 23 October 1977. After marriage with

Hakan Çevik Hakan Çevik (born May 1, 1976) is a Turkish male paralympic shooter competing in the rifle events. He took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Early life Hakan Çevik was born on May 1, 1976. His spouse Suzan Çevik also is a Paralympic shoot ...

, she took her spouse's surname.

Sporting career

Çevik began her shooting career in 2005. She trains with her spouse Hakan Çevik, who is also a para-shooter. In the national team, she is coached by Tolga Korkusuz. She competes in the R2 women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 and R3 women's 10m air rifle prone SH1. The SH1 sport class is designated for shooters with a lesser impairment of arms so that they do not require support of the firearm. Çevik debuted internationally in 2006 at the IPC Shooting World Championships in

Sargans Sargans is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for its castle, which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291. Sargans was a ...

, Switzerland. She took part at the same championship in 2010, 2013, and

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. She participated at the 2013 IPC World Shooting Cup competing in

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, Poland. Cevik won the bronze at the same event in Poland the next year. She took part at the 2015 IPC World Shooting Cup events in Antalya, Turkey, Fort Benning, United States, and Sydney, Australia. Çevik competed at the

2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, and

2016 Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 Septe ...

References

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