Tütem Banguoğlu

Banguoğlu started her tennis career in 2011 with the encouragement of her trainer, and continued with the moral and financial support of her father.^[1] Between 2012 and 2022, she won several times champions and runners-up titles at the Turkish Championships.^[2] She trains in the tennis courts at Kültürpark in İzmir. She has been a member of the national deaf tennis team since 2012.^[3]

She competed in the Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles tennis events at the Summer Deaflympics in 2013 Sofia, 2017 Samsun,^[4] 2021 Caxias do Sul and 2025 Tokyo . At the 2017 Samsun Deaflympics, she won the bronze medal in the doubles event with her teammate Asuman Şakı defeating Parul Gupta and Madju Jaiswal from India.^[5][6] This was Turkey's first ever medal in the Tennis at the Deaflympics.^[1]

At the 2021 European Deaf Tennis Championship in Hersonissos, Greece, she and her teammate placed fourth in the doubles with Naz Albayrak.^[2]

Tütem Banguoğlu was born in İzmir, Turkey on 2 January 1985.^[2] She is congenitally hearing impaired.^[3]

She graduated from the Ceramics Department at Ege University in her hometown.^[2]