Ebru Acer

Turkish para table tennis player (born 2002)
Ebru Acer
Born2002 (age 21–22)
Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
ClubŞafaktepe GSK
Medal record
Women's Para table tennis
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Singles C11
World Championships,
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Granada doubles C11
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Sheffield singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2019 Helsingborg singles C11
VIRTUS European Summer Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krakow singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krakow open
Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ostrava singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2024 Laško singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2024 Giza singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Vichy singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Vichy doubles C11
Gold medal – first place 2023 Ostrava singles C11

Ebru Acer (born 2002) is a Turkish European champion para table tennis player competing in the C11 disability class. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table table player to become a Paralympian.[1] She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.[2]

Sport career

Acer started para table tennis playing with her family's encouragement in 2017.[3][1] She is a member of Şafaktepe GSK in Ankara.[3]

2019

In 2019, she took the silver medal in the singles C11 event at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden.[4]

2022

She received the bronze medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2022 World Tennis Championships in Granada, Spain.[5] In June, she won gold medal at the 2022 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava.[6] In the July 2022, Acer took won two gold medal in the women singles and women open events at the VIRTUS European Summer Games held in Kraków, Poland.[7]

2023

In 2023, she took the silver medal at the 2023 ITTF Tailand Open Tennis Tournament in Bangkok.[8] She claimed the gold medal in the singles C11,[9] and another gold medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France.[10] In the same year, she became champion at the 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield, England.[11]

2024

In 2024, she took the silver medal at the 2024 ITTF Egypt Para Open in Giza,[12] the gold medal in the in the singles C11 event at the ITTF Slovenia Para Open Thermana Laško in Laško, Slovenia,[13] and another gold medal in the singles C11 event at the 2024 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[14]

Acer's champion title at the 2023 Global Games brought her the qualification to represent her country at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.[15] She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.[2] Acer is the first ever Turkish para table table player to become a Paralympian.[1]

Personal life

Acer was born in 2002 into a family in poverty living in a slum of Ankara's Yenimahalle district.[3][1] In her school years, she was not successful. Currently, she is a student of sport coaching at Gazi University in Ankara.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Çakmak, Fatih; Hüseyin Doğru (14 June 2023). "Para masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Acer, Cumhurbaşkanı'yla maç yapacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tiryaki, Erkan; Hüseyin Doğru (5 September 2024). "Özel milli sporcu Ebru Acer, para masa tenisinde bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Ebru Acer" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Özel sporcularımız masa tenisinde avrupa ikincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Milli sporcular Ebru Acer ve Sümeyra Türk ile bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Para Masa Tenisi Milli Sporcumuz Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya. – Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  7. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Çifte Altın Madalya !". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  8. ^ "Ebru ACER'den Bir Altın Madalya Daha !!!". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  9. ^ Boztrpr, Muhammed (7 June 2024). "Paralimpik Oyunları'na kota alan özel sporcu Ebru Acer'den madalya sözü". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Ebru Acer-Sümeyra Türk ikilisinden bir ilk". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Özel sporcu Ebru Acer, Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (in Turkish). 7 September 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer'den Gümüş madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Slovenya'da Ebru Acer'den Altın Madalya". Türkiye Özel Sporcular Spor Federasyonu. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  14. ^ "Özel Sporcu Ebru Acer Altın Madalya Kazandı" (in Turkish). Türk Spor Vakfı. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Masa tenisinde ilk olimpiyat kotasını alan Ebru Acer altın madalyaya odaklandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.