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| Full name | Rabia Akyürek Varıcı | ||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||
| Born | (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) Turkey | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Women's Wheelchair Basketball | ||||||||
| Disability class | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Club | Pendik Bld Anadolu Yakası SK | ||||||||
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Rabia Akyürek Varıcı (born Rabia Akyürek; 10 February 1999) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player. She is part of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
Club career
Akyürek started playing wheelchair basketball in 2013 with the initiative of her physical education teacher.
She plays as the only female member in the Pendik Bld Anadolu Yakası SK in Istanbul.
Akyürek plays with disability class 2.0.
International career
Akhyürek 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.
She is a member of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team. She played at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 2019 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2021 in Madrid, Spain, and in 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Personal life
Rabia Akyürek was born on 10 February 1999. She contracted spinal cord paralysis after heart surgery at the age of four. She lives in Istanbul.
She serves as a teacher of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge at TOKİ Esenkent Middle School in Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey.
References
- ^ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (26 March 2017). "Milli sporcu yazar olmak istiyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Pendik Bld. Anadolu Yakası SK - Rabia Akyürek" (in Turkish). Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkey Team Roster". 2023 IWBF U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Bangkok Thailand. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "TUR 23-57 FRA". FIBA Live Stats. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- "2019 European Championship for Women, Division A - Türkiye Player List". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- "2021 European Championship for Women, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- "Rabia Akyürek Varıxı - DKAB Öğretmenı" (in Turkish). T.C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - İstanbul Ümraniye TOKİ Esenkent Ortaokulu. Retrieved 19 July 2024.