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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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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.
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]
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]
Meryem Tan was born on 3 February 1999. [9] She is a native of Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey. [1] [4] She is disabled on her two legs. [1]
She completed her secondary educaton at İMKB Technical and Vocational High School for Girls. [3]
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