Ebru Acer
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Born | 2002 (age 21–22) Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Şafaktepe GSK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ebru Acer (born 2002) is a Turkish European champion para table tennis olayer competing in the C11 disability class. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.
Sport career[edit]
Acer started para table tennis playing with her family's encouragement in 2017.[1][2] She is a member of Şafaktepe GSK in Ankara.[1]
In 2019, she took the silver medal in the singles C11 event at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden.[3]
She received the bronze medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2022 World Tennis Championships in Granada, Spain.[4]
She claimed the gold medal in the singles C11,[5] and another gold medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France.[6]
She became champion at the 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield, England.[7]
She took the silver medal at the 2024 ITTF Egypt Para Open in Giza.[8]
Acer's champion title at the 2023 Global Games brought her the qualification to represent her country at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.[9] Acer is the first ever Turkish para table table player to become a Paralympian.[2]
She took the gold medal in the singles C11 event at the 2024 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[10]
Personal life[edit]
Acer was born in 2002 into a family in poverty living in a slum of Ankara's Yenimahalle district.[1][2] In her school years, she was not successful. Currently, she is a student of sport coaching at Gazi University in Ankara.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ebru Acer" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Çakmak, Fatih; Hüseyin Doğru (14 June 2023). "Para masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Acer, Cumhurbaşkanı'yla maç yapacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Özel sporcularımız masa tenisinde avrupa ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Milli sporcular Ebru Acer ve Sümeyra Türk ile bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Boztrpr, Muhammed (7 June 2024). "Paralimpik Oyunları'na kota alan özel sporcu Ebru Acer'den madalya sözü". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Ebru Acer-Sümeyra Türk ikilisinden bir ilk". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Özel sporcu Ebru Acer, Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (Turkey)NTV (in Turkish). 7 September 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Gümüş madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Ebru Acer altın madalyaya odaklandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer Altın Madalya Kazandı" (in Turkish). Türk Spor Vakfı. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.