Fatma Gül Güler
Turkish Paralympic goalball player (born 2004)
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Fatma Gül Güler (born 12 February 2004) is a Turkish Paralympian goalball player having visual impairment. She is part of the two-time Paralympics as well as world and European champion Turkish team.
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| Born | 12 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kahramanmaraş Akçakoyunlu İSK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gültekin Karasu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sport career
Güler started playing goalball in 2012 under the guidance of her primary school teacher.[1] She played in the school team during her education in the middle school for visual impaired. Her school team became runner-up in the Turkish Girls' Goalball Championship in 2018.[2]
She plays for Kahramanmaraş Akçakoyunlu İdmanyurdu Sports Club in her hometown, which successfully compete in the Turkish Women's Goalball First League.[1] She is coached by Gültekin Karasu.[3][4] She is 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) tall at 51 kg (112 lb).[3]
In 2021, she was admitted to the national goalball team. Güler is one of the top goalscorers of Turkey along her national teammate Sevda Altunoluk.[1]
At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she and her teammates won the gold medal.[4][5]
Güler was a member of the national team, which won the silver medal at the 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Samsun, Turkey.[6]
She claimed the gold medal with her teammates at the 2022 Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal.[7]
In 2023, she took the gold medal at the IBSA Goalball European Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro.[8]
She was part of the national team, which won the gold medal defeating Israel in the final of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[9]
Personal life
Fatma Gül Güler was born in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey on 12 February 2004.[3] She is congenitally visually impaired.[1]
After completing her secondary education in a school for visual impaired, she started studying sport coaching in the Faculty of Sports science at the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[2][1]
Honours
Domestic
2018 Turkish Girls' Goalball Championship
International
2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France- 2023 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Podgorica, Montenegro
- 2022 Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal
- 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Samsun, Turkey
- 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan
