Türkiye finishes Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with historic 28 medals

Türkiye’s national athletes made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, winning a total of 28 medals – 6 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze.

This marks the highest number of medals Türkiye has ever secured at a Paralympic Games, doubling the gold medals achieved at Rio 2016 and nearly doubling the total number of medals from Tokyo 2020.

Historic achievement in Paralympic for Türkiye

The games, held in Paris from August 28, 2024, to the closing ceremony tomorrow, have been a monumental success for Türkiye, with national athletes setting new records. This performance is the most successful Paralympic campaign in Türkiye’s history.

Gold Medalists:

• Goalball Women’s National Team
• Oznur Cure Girdi (Women’s Compound Bow)
• Umut Unlu (50m Freestyle S3, 200m Freestyle S3)
• Mahmut Bozteke (Men’s K44 63kg)
• Ibrahim Bolukbasi (Men’s +90kg J2)

Silver, bronze medal wins by Turkish athletes

Besides the six golds, Türkiye claimed 10 silver and 12 bronze medals, with athletes competing across a variety of sports, including athletics, archery, swimming and judo.

Silver medalists

• Sadık Savas, Merve Nur Eroğlu (Mixed Team, Recurve Bow)
• Aysel Onder (Women’s 400m T20)
• Muhammet Khalvandi (Men’s Javelin F57)
• Abdullah Kayapınar (Men’s 49kg)
• Besra Duman (Women’s 55kg)
• Kübra Korkut (Women’s S7)
• Alican Ozcan (Men’s K44 58kg)
• Fatih Celik (Men’s K44 70kg)
• Gamze Gurdal (Women’s K44 57kg)
• Aysel Ozgan (Women’s P2 10m Air Pistol SH1)

Bronze medalists

• Fatma Damla Altın (Women’s Long Jump T20)
• Ecem Tasin Cavdar (Women’s 48kg J1)
• Cahide Eke (Women’s 48kg J2)
• Nazan Akin Gunes (Women’s +70kg J1)
• Nazmiye Muratlı (Women’s 45kg)
• Sibel Cam (Women’s 73kg)
• Sevilay Ozturk (Women’s 50m Butterfly S5)
• Ali Ozturk (Men’s Class 5)
• Abdullah Ozturk & Nesim Turan (Men’s Class 4 Doubles)
• Ebru Acer (Women’s Class 11)
• Meryem Betul Cavdar (Women’s K44 52kg)
• Hakan Akkaya (Men’s Épée A Category)

Closing Olympics with success

Türkiye’s record-setting 28 medals at Paris 2024 marks the culmination of years of hard work and dedication from its Paralympic athletes.

As the games come to a close, the Turkish Paralympic Committee celebrates a historic achievement that will serve as a milestone for future athletes.