Hakan Çevik (born 1 May 1976) is a Turkish male paralympic shooter competing in the rifle events. He took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Early life edit

Hakan Çevik was born on 1 May 1976.[2] His spouse Suzan Çevik also is a Paralympic shooter competing in the R2 women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 and R3 women's 10m air rifle prone SH1 events.[3] Hakan Çevik serves as the trainer of her spouse.[4][5]

Sporting career edit

Çevik competes in the R4 mixed team 10m air rifle standing SH2 and R5 mixed team 10m air rifle prone SH2 events.[2] SH2 is the sport class designated specially for rifle shooters with a more severe impairment in the upper limbs so that they need to use a shooting stand.

He obtained a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after his participation at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, United States.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2016 Rio Paralimpik Oyunları İçin 4 Kota Daha" (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Hakan Cevik". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "'Evliliğimizin temeli atıcılık'". Fanatik (in Turkish). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Cevik Suzan". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2016.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Suzan Cevik". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

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