Meryem Tan
Turkish wheelchair basketball player (born 1999)
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Meryem Tan (born 3 February 1999) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player. She was a member of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1999 Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Women's Wheelchair Basketball | ||||||||
| Disability class | 4.0 | ||||||||
| Club | Pamukkla Belediyespor | ||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
Tan started playing wheelchair basketball encouraged by her high school physical education teacher.[1] She entered the Pamukkale Belediyespor in 2015,[2] which was established in August that year.[3] Her team compete in the Turkish Women's Wheelchair Basketball Second League,[2] after their promotion from the Regional League and then from the Third League.[1][2][4]
She plays in the disability class 4.0.[5]
International career
Tan was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team, and played at the 2016 IWBF European Championship Women's Division B in Italy.[2]
She played for the Turkey women's natioanal under-25 wheelchair basketball team at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[6][7]
She played at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 2019 in Rotterdam, Netherland,[5] and 2021 in Madrid, Spain.[8]