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Mesme Taşbağ
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1981-09-07) 7 September 1981 (age 43)
Iğdır, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportJudo
Event+70 kg
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Judo
Paralympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +70 kg
IBSA World Championships and Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul +70 kg
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Odivelas +70 kg

Mesme Taşbağ (born 7 September 1981) is a Turkish visually impaired judoka (disability class B3) competing in the heavyweight (+70 kg) division. She is a physician by profession.

Early life

Mesme Taşbağ was born in Iğdır, Turkey on 9 July 1981. She was educated in medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun graduating in 2008. She served five years long in her hometown in Iğdır. Currently, she works as a physician in the emergency service of the Yunus Emre Hospital in Eskişehir.

Sporting career

Taşbağ began in Iğdır with performing judo as she wanted to stay in shape. During this time, she developed keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye leading to 40% loss of her visual acuity.

At the 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in Seoul, South Korea, she took a bronze medal in the +70 kg event. She won the gold medal in the heavyweight (+70 kg) event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal. She obtained so a quota spot for the Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Taşbağ was the flag bearer at the parade of nations of Rio de Janeiro 2016. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

References

  1. "Mesme Tasbag". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. "Mesme Tasbag – Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Mesme Taşbağ kimdir?". Anadolu (in Turkish). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. Uçak, Soner (30 November 2014). "Dr. Mesme Taşbağ lütfen mindere". Son Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Kilo vermek için başladı, Rio'da şampiyonluğu hedefliyor". Ak Haber (in Turkish). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. "IBSA World Games Seoul – Event". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. "Mesme Tasbag – Judo Results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. "Rio'da 4. madalyamız Mesne Taşbağ'dan". Sabah (in Turkish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

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Paralympics
Preceded byGizem Girişmen Flagbearer for  Turkey
Rio de Janeiro 2016 		Succeeded byincumbent


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