Kübra Öçsoy Korkut Explained

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.

She lost one arm and both legs due to injuries sustained from an electric shock accident, which occurred as she was four years old. Since her age of eight, Korkut has prosthesis in her legs. Encouraged by her teachers, she began para table tennis playing.

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.

Achievements

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Representing
2007	IPC European Championship	Slovenia	3rd	team
2009	IPC European Championship	Italy	3rd	team
	IPC International Tournament	Hungary	bgcolor=gold	1st	team
			bgcolor=gold	1st	team
	IPC International Tournament	Slovenia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	team
2010	IPC World Championship	South Korea	bgcolor=silver	2nd	individual
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	team
	IPC International Tournament	France	3rd	individual
			bgcolor=gold	1st	team
2011	IPC International Tournament	Slovenia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	individual
	IPC European Championship	Croatia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	individual
			bgcolor=gold	1st	team
2012	IPC International Tournament	Slovenia	bgcolor=gold	1st	individual
	Summer Paralympics	London, United Kingdom	bgcolor=silver	2nd	team
2016	Summer Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Individual
2020	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Individual