Cahide Eke
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| Born | 25 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para Judo | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | J2 | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 48 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Karaman GSK | ||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 5 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Cahide Eke (born 25 January 2000) is a Turkish Paralympic judoka.[1][2]
Sport career
[edit]Eke started performing para judo at the age of 15 when she met a judo coach during the opening ceremony of her high school. After two-month training, she took part at the Turkish Championships, and became winner. She was then admitted to the national team. She is a member of her local club Karaman GSK,[3] and competes in the 48 kg J2 division. She has five Turkish champion titles.[1]
In 2019, she competed in the -52 kg event at the IBSA European Judo Championships in Genova, Italy, and took the fifth place.[1][4]
She won the bronze medal at the 2024 IBSA Judo Grand Prix Germany in Heidelberg.[1]
For the Paralympics, she exercized at the Olympics Preparation Center in Kastamonu.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the women's 48 kg J2 event.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Cahide Eke was born on 25 January 2000.[5] She lives in Karaman, Turkey.[7]
She is visual impaired at 90% visual acuity loss, almost blind, due to congenital albinism.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Kahyaoglu, Bilal (16 March 2024). "Görme engelli albino hastası milli judocu Cahide'nin hedefi olimpiyat madalyası" [Visually impaired albino national judoka Cahide's goal is an Olympic medal]. Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish).
- ^ "Blind judo player takes on sighted rivals". Daily Sabah. 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Cahide Eke" (in Turkish). Türkiye Judo Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "IBSA Judo European Championships" (PDF). IBSA. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Eke Cahide". Olympics.com.
- ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (5 September 2024). "Milli sporcu Cahide Eke'den para judoda bronz madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Görme Engelli Judocu Cahide Eke'den Bir İlk". Karaman Gündem (in Turkish). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2024.