Kübra Öçsoy Korkut, aka Kübra Korkut, (born Kübra Öçsoy, 20 January 1994 in Sorgun, Yozgat Province) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 7 and Paralympian.
Career Korkut took part at the 2012 Summer Paralympics competing in the women's individual class 7 event, at which she became 4th after losing 1–3 to her opponent from Ukraine in the bronze medal match. Furthermore, she was part of the Turkish team with her teammate Neslihan Kavas, who became silver medalist in the women's team class 6–10 event after losing to the Chinese team in the final.
She captured the silver medal in the individual C7 event at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Personal life She lost one arm and both legs due to injuries sustained from an electric shock accident, which occurred when she was four years old. At the age of eight, Korkut acquired prosthetic legs. Encouraged by her teachers, she began playing para table tennis.
Achievements Representing 2007IPC European ChampionshipSlovenia3rdteam2009IPC European ChampionshipItaly3rdteamIPC International TournamentHungary1stteam1stteamIPC International TournamentSlovenia2ndteam2010IPC World ChampionshipSouth Korea2ndindividual2ndteamIPC International TournamentFrance3rdindividual1stteam2011IPC International TournamentSlovenia2ndindividualIPC European ChampionshipCroatia2ndindividual1stteam2012IPC International TournamentSlovenia1stindividualSummer ParalympicsLondon, United Kingdom2ndteam2016Summer ParalympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndIndividual2020Summer ParalympicsTokyo, Japan3rdIndividual
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