Kübra Öçsoy

Kübra Öçsoy
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994
Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Para table tennis
Club Diyanet Sport Club
Coached by İlhami Kılınçkaya
Updated on 8 September 2012.

Kübra Öçsoy (born 20 January 1994 in Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female para table tennis player of class 7 and Paralympian.[1]

She lost one arm and both legs due to injuries sustained from an electric shock accident, which occurred as she was four years old. Since her age of eight, Öçsoy has prosthesis in her legs. Encouraged by her teachers, she began para table tennis playing.[2]

Öçsoy took part at the 2012 Summer Paralympics competing in the women's individual class 7 event, at which she became 4th after losing 1–3 to her opponent from Ukraine in the bronze medal match. Furthermore, she was part of the Turkish team with her teammate Neslihan Kavas, who became silver medalist in the women's team class 6–10 event after losing to the Chinese team in the final.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Turkey
2007 IPC European Championship Slovenia 3rd team
2009 IPC European Championship Italy 3rd team
IPC International Tournament Hungary 1st team
1st team
IPC International Tournament Slovenia 2nd team
2010 IPC World Championship South Korea 2nd individual
2nd team
IPC International Tournament France 3rd individual
1st team
2011 IPC International Tournament Slovenia 2nd individual
IPC European Championship Croatia 2nd individual
1st team
2012 IPC International Tournament Slovenia 1st individual
Summer Paralympics London, United Kingdom 2nd team

Notes

  1. "Sporcular / Masa Tenisi - Kübra Öçsoy" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. "Kübra Öçsoy". BP London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-08.


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