Büşra Ün
| Country (sports) | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 19, 1994 Izmir, Turkey |
| Plays | Right handed |
| Official website |
www |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | 30 (April 29, 2013) |
| Current ranking | 33 |
| Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 26 (May 13, 2013) |
| Current ranking | 35 |
Büşra Ün (born May 19, 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympic wheelchair tennis player.[1][2]
Early years
Büşra Ün was born in Izmir. At the age of six-and-half-months, her parents noticed that she has no feeling at her feet. She was diagnosed with neuroblastoma having a malignant tumor in her right abdomen. After one-and-half-year-long chemotherapy and two surgeries, the tumor was removed. However, due to damaged nerves, she became paraplegic.[3][4]
Currently, she is a student of sport management at Ege University in Izmir.[4]
Playing career
She began with table tennis playing, and then switched over to wheelchair tennis in February 2009 as she was studying in the high school's fourth grade in Buca.[3][4][5] She plays right handed.[1]
She is Turkish champion in the women's and junior's category. In 2010, she won the Balkan Championship. She is on the third place in the world's under-18 ranking. In the world's list, she climbed up to the 30th place.[3]
Ün obtained a quota spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She is so the first ever Turkish wheelchair tennis player to represent her country at the Paralympics.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 "Busra Un". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ↑ "Büşra Ün Yeri geldi duvara karşı tek başıma oynadım". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- 1 2 3 "Milli tenisçimiz" (in Turkish). Büşra Ün. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- 1 2 3 4 Çiftdalöz, Serhan (2016-07-07). "Fıtratında pes etmek yok". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- 1 2 "Büşra Ün, Rio Paralimpik Oyunlarında". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-08-26.