Havva Elmalı
Personal information
Born (2003-08-12) 12 August 2003
Ankara, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityVisual impairment
Disability classT11
Event(s)400m, 1500m
Medal record
Track and field
Representing  Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2021 Bydgoszcz400m T11
Bronze medal – third place2021 Bydgoszcz1500m T11

Havva Elmalı (born 12 August 2003) is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T11 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.

Early life

Havva Elmalı was born in Ankara, Turkey on 12 August 2003.[1] She grew up in foster care after she was taken out at her age of four from a nursery by Selma Engin, who worked volunteerly in the nursery. The foster family became impressed when they watched a visually impaired athlete became a world champion. They decided to engage her with sports.[2]

Sport career

Three months after she started wit athletics, Elmalı participated in a competition, and finished first, which motivated her for further training.[2]

She started performing running in 2016. She is trained by Turkey national team coach Hasan Deniz Kalaycı.[3]

Elmalı became champion in the 1500m T11 event at the 2019 IPC World Junior APara Athletics Championships held in Notvil, Switzerland.[2][3][4] She won the bronze medal in the 400m T11 event of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[5] She won another bronze medal in the 1500m T11 event.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Göz Muayeneleri" (in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dünya Şampiyonu Görme Engelli Milli Atlet Havva Elmalı hikayesini Keçiören'de anlattı". Medya Ankara (in Turkish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Çakar, Ercan (2 August 2019). "Özel sporcu Havva Elmalı'dan altın madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Havva Elmalı'dan dünya şampiyonluğu". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Milli sporculardan Polonya'da 2 altın, 1 gümüş ve 2 bronz madalya". Fanatik (in Turkish). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's 1500m T11 Final Results" (PDF). World Paralympics European Championships Bydgoszcz 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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