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Born | Tokat, Turkey | 1 April 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2001– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Osman Karali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sevda Altunoluk (born 1 April 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian goalball player competing for Yenimahalle Belediyespor in Ankara. [1] She is a member of the national team, and was named several times as Top goalscorer. In 2021 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women. [2] [3]
Sevda Altunoluk was born on 1 April 1994). She is a native of Tokat in Turkey. [4] [5] Her sister Sevtap Altunoluk is also a national goalball player. [6]
Altunoluk began playing goalball at 12 years of age. [7]
She played for the visually impaired sports club Mithat Enç Gören Kalpler SK in Ankara [8] [9] before she transferred to Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK in the same city. [7] [10] [11] Her current team is coached by Ekrem Gündoğdu, a member of the men's goalball team at the same club. [12] Several times, she was recognized as top scorer at the national level. [9] [13]
Altunoluk competes internationally on the Turkey women's national goalball team. [10] [12] [14] She has taken part in various competitions. In 2010, she won the silver medal at the IBSA Goalball European Women's Group B Championship held in Eskişehir, Turkey. [15] [16] At the 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, she captured the gold medal and topped the scorer list with 27 goals, followed by Swetlana Otto from Germany with 21. [17] She won the gold medal at the 2013 Pajulahti Games in Nastola, Finland, [10] where she was the top scorer. [10] Altınoluk was also the top scorer of the 2013 Malmö Lady Inter Cup in Malmö with 18 goals, even though her team placed fourth. [18] At the same tournament next year, the team took bronze and she placed second on the top scorer list with 17 goals, behind Laura Belle of Spain. [19] In 2015, she took the gold medal at the 2015 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. A, in Kaunas, Lithuania. [12] [20] There, she was the top scorer, followed by her teammate Sümeyye Özcan. [21]
Altunoluk was the member of the national team, which won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [22]