Sümeyye Boyacı
Turkish Paralympic swimmer (born 2003)
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Sümeyye Boyacı (born 5 February 2003) is a Turkish Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events.
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Boyacı in 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eskilehir Metropolitan Nunicipality SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Mehmet Bayrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal history
Sümeyye Boyacı was born as her parents' first child in Eskişehir, Turkey on 5 February 2003.[1][2] She has no arms (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis) and a hip dislocation as a birth defect.[2][3]
She was schooled in a special primary school in her hometown, where she learned writing with her foot in the first grade.[4]
Painting career
At the age of four and half, she began painting with her foot.[3] She made a painting for Altın Balık ("The Golden Fish"), the Turkish translation of the Russian book of tale (Russian: Cказка о рыбаке и рыбке) by Alexander Pushkin.[5][6] Her painting was presented to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül for his official visit to Russia.[5] In April 2009, her watercolor paintings were on display in a personal exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Boyacı gifted one of her paintings to the First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, she participated at an exhibition in Eskişehir for traditional Turkish handicrafts with her paper marblings.[8]
Swimming career
Boyacı decided to begin with swimming as she carefully watched the fish in her aquarium, and discovered that they swim without arms.[3] Boyacı began with swimming in 2008. She has been coached by Mehmet Bayrak since 2012.[2]
In June 2016, she competed at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin.[9] She internationally debuted in the senior class in 2016.[2] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She failed to capture any medal.[2] She took part at the 2017 European Para Youth Games held in Liguria, Italy, and won the bronze medal in the 50 m Backstroke S1-5 event.[2]
In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event at the World Para Swimming World Series held in Indianapolis, USA with a time of 45.28.[10] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke S5 event with a time of 44.74.[11]
The 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall para swimmer at 49 kg (108 lb) is a member of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club.[2] Boyacı's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[3][2]
Achievements
| Competition | Place | Event | Rank | Time | Ref |
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| 30th International German Championships |  Germany, Berlin |
100 m Breaststroke S6 | Heats | 4:03.27 | [9] |
| 50 m Backstroke Youth-B S5 |  | 52.60 | |||
| 50 m Freestyle S5 | Heats | 51.68 | |||
| 50 m Butterfly S5 | Heats | 1:01.27 | |||
| 2016 Paralympic Games |  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro |
50 m Backstroke S5 | 8 | 50.34 | [1] |
| 2017 European Para Youth Games |  Italy, Liguria |
50 m Freestyle S1-5 | 4 | 52.21 | [12] |
| 50 m Backstroke S1-5 |  | 51.98 | |||
| 2017 World Championships |  Mexico, Mexico City |
50m Freestyle S5 | 7 | 47.85 | [1] |
| 50m Butterfly S5 | 6 | 50.99 | |||
| 50m Backstroke S5 | 4 | 46.57 | |||
| 200m Freestyle S1-5 | 7 | 3:58.38 | |||
| 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships |  Ireland, Dublin |
50m Backstroke S5 | |
45.21 | [13][14] |
| 2019 World Para Swimming World Series |  United States Indianapolis | 50 m Backstroke S5 | | 45.28 | [10] |
| 2019 World Para Swimming Championships |  United Kingdom London | 50 m Backstroke S5 |  | 44.74 | [11] |
| 2022 World Para Swimming Championships |  Portugal Madeira | 50 m Backstroke S5 | | 41.58 | [15] |