Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics | |
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Turkish Paralympic Committee | |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 2 in 1 sport |
Medals |
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Winter Paralympics appearances ( overview) | |
Background
Turkey made its debut in the
Disability classification
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five
Alpine skiing
Mehmet Çekiç was 44 years old at the time of these Games.[9] He is classified as LW4, which is defined by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as "skiers in this sport class include those with impairments in the lower parts of one leg".[10] As an LW4, he competes while standing. On 13 March 2014, he competed in the slalom competition, and recorded a time of 2 minutes and 34 seconds, which was the slowest time in the field of 35 athletes who finished both runs of the race. The race was won by Alexey Bugaev in a time of 1 minute 38 seconds.[11] Two days later in the giant slalom, he finished both runs in a total time of 3 minutes and 9 seconds, good for 28th place out of 29 competitors who finished the race. The race winning time was 2 minutes and 25 seconds.[12]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
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Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
Hilmi Esat Bayindirli
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Giant slalom, sitting[15] | 1:31.71 | +13.61 | 24 | 1:28.33 | +14.23 | 18 | 3:00.04 | +27.31 | 18 |
Mehmet Çekiç | Slalom, standing[16] | 1:12.53 | +24.84 | 41 | 1:21.89 | +30.61 | 35 | 2:34.42 | +55.45 | 35 |
Giant slalom, standing[16] | 1:38.38 | +23.66 | 33 | 1:31.35 | +20.20 | 28 | 3:09.73 | +43.86 | 28 |
See also
References
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- ^ "Turkey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Turkey: Seven facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony flag bearers". International Paralympic Committee. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony flag bearers". International Paralympic Committee. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports". BBC Online. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing – Athlete Profile: Mehmet CEKIC". Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Classification". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Men's Slalom Standing – Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Men's Giant Slalom Standing – Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Hilmi Esat Bayindirli". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Men's Giant Slalom Sitting – Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Esat Hilmi BAYINDIRLI". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Mehmet CEKIC". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.