Mihriban Kaya

Last updated

Mihriban Kaya
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 29)
Gümüşhane, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class F20
Event Shot put

Mihriban Kaya (born 10 March 1996), also known as Mihriban Korkmaz, is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete with an intellectual disability competing in the F20 disability class of shot put event. [1]

Mihriban Kaya was born in northeastern city of Gümüşhane in Turkey on 10 March 1996. [2]

Kaya captured the gold medal in the women's pentathlon event at the 2016 INAS Athletics Indoor Championships held in Ancona, Italy. [3]

She competed in the shot put F20 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, and obtained a quota spot for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after throwing 11.32 meters, a personal best distance of her. [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. "Mihriban Kaya". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Milli Sporcumuz Mihriban Kaya". Gümüşhane'nin Sesi (in Turkish). 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. "Mihriban Kaya'dan tarihe geçen başarı". Sabah (in Turkish). 13 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. "016 IPC Athletics European Championships, Grosseto - Women's Shot Put F20 Final" (PDF). Paralympics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. "Mihriban Kaya, Erdoğan'a verdiği sözü tuttu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. "09-13/03/2016 Ancona, Italy - Palaindoor Ancona - Results" (PDF). Athleyics Indoor Championships INAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.