Today is May 19, Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. On this special and meaningful day, We will talk about the Women's Goalball National Team, which has won countless championships that we often hear about, and the National Athlete Sevda Altınoluk, who still continues her career...
What sport does Sevda Altınoluk engage in? How did Seda Altınoluk get the title of the World's Best Goalball Player? What Achievements Has the Turkish Women's National Goalball Team Achieved? As many questions may be circulating in your mind. Let's answer your questions together.
What sport is Sevda Altınoluk engaged in?
Sevda Altınoluk, who is visually impaired, is engaged in the sport of Goalball. So what is the sport of Goalball, How to Play?
What is the sport of goalball, how to play it?
The sport of goalball is a team sport unique to visually impaired individuals.
This sport is played with a black mask and a bell ball worn over the eyes of visually impaired individuals. Teams consist of 3 ace players and at least 1 reserve player. Players try to protect their castle according to the sound of the bell ball they hear. The goal of the game is to score points by scoring a goal on the opposing team's goal.
How did Seda Altınoluk get the title of the World's Best Goalball Player?
Sevda Altınoluk, who is a national athlete, is an athlete who has managed to write her name in gold letters in every European, World and Paralympic Games.
Our national athlete Sevda Altınoluk achieved her first Goal Queen title at the Summer Games held in 2011. Afterwards, he never lost sight of this success. Respectively;
She was the queen scorer at the 2015 Lithuanian European Championship.
Queen-Scorer at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
She was the queen scorer at the 2019 German European Championship.
Goal queen at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Queen-Scorer at the 2022 Portuguese World Championship.
At the same time, our national athlete Sevda Altınoluk was included in the 2021 BBC Most Influential 100 Women List and was entitled to receive the Female Athlete of the Year award at the TSYD - Petrol Ofisi Barrier-Free Award Ceremony held recently.
What Achievements Has the Turkish Women's National Goalball Team Achieved?
From past to present, the achievements of our Women's Goalball National Team;
2014 Finland World 3rd Place.
2015 Lithuanian European Champion.
2016 Rio Paralympic Games Champion.
2017 Konya European 2nd Place.
2018 Sweden World 2nd Place.
2019 German European Championship.
2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games Champion.
2021 Samsun Goalball Europe 2. Ness.
2022 Portugal World Championship.
In addition, our national team has qualified for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Our team is currently competing in the Malmö Lady Intercup in Sweden.
As BlindLook, we continue to work for the visually impaired to be involved in life and to produce technologies for their struggle for freedom. We congratulate our Women's National Goalball Team and Sevda Altınoluk for their success and wish them success in the competition held in Sweden...
Author: Sonnur Güleşçe / BlindLook Team
