Ayşegül Pehlivanlar

Ayşegül Pehlivanlar (born 5 December 1979) is a Turkish paralympic shooter competing in the pistol events.

[1][2] She was paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury that was the result of a car accident, which took place while returning from a vacation together with her parents.

She admitted that "with the help of shooting sport" she overcame her introversion she developed after the accident and goes outside more compared to before," adding that "she is today more self-confident."

[7] She was then admitted to the national team in April 2015, and represented her country at international competitions like IPC Shooting World Cup 2015 in Osijek, Croatia,[8] 2015 in Fort Benning United States and 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.

[3][9] In 2015, Pehlivanlar took the gold medal with 188.9 points in the final in the Women's P2 10m air pistol SH1 event at the IPC Shooting World Cup held in Fort Benning, United States.