Sümeyye Boyacı

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World Championships

2 50m Backstroke - S5 2019 London, GBR

4 50m Backstroke - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 46.57

6 50m Butterfly - S5 2019 London, GBR 47.85

6 50m Butterfly - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 50.99

7 50m Freestyle - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 47.85

7 200m Freestyle - S5 2017 Mexico City, MEX 3:58.38

8 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2019 London, GBR 2:50.62

9 50m Freestyle - S5 2019 London, GBR 43.31

13 100m Freestyle - S5 2019 London, GBR 1:42.66

DSQ Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points 2019 London, GBR DSQ

European Championships

1 50m Backstroke - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 45.21

2 100m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 1:34.24

3 200m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 3:22.48

3 50m Butterfly - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 48.90

4 50m Freestyle - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 44.10

4 50m Butterfly - S5 2020 Funchal, POR 48.32

4 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2018 Dublin, IRL 2:53.41

4 Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points 2018 Dublin, IRL 3:01.45

5 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points 2020 Funchal, POR 2:47.60

6 50m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 47.52

6 200m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 3:45.50

8 100m Freestyle - S5 2018 Dublin, IRL 1:59.06

DSQ 50m Backstroke - S5 2020 Funchal, POR DSQ

Sümeyye Boyacı was born as her parents' first child in Eskişehir, Turkey on February 5, 2003.[1][2] She has no arms (bilateral congenital upper extremity agenesis) and a hip dislocation as a birth defect.[2][3]

She was schooled in a special primary school in her hometown, where she learned writing with her foot in the first grade.[4]

At the age of four and half, she began painting with her foot.[3] She made a painting for Altın Balık ("The Golden Fish"), the Turkish translation of the Russian book of tale (Russian: Cказка о рыбаке и рыбке) by Alexander Pushkin.[5][6] Her painting was presented to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül for his official visit to Russia.[5] In April 2009, her watercolor paintings were on display in a personal exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Boyacı gifted one of her paintings to the First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva in 2010.[4][7] In 2014, she participated at an exhibition in Eskişehir for traditional Turkish handicrafts with her paper marblings.[8]

Boyacı decided to begin with swimming as she carefully watched the fish in her aquarium, and discovered that they swim without arms.[3] Boyacı began with swimming in 2008. She has been coached by Mehmet Bayrak since 2012.[2]

In June 2016, she competed at the 30th International German Championships in Berlin.[9] She internationally debuted in the senior class in 2016.[2] She was qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and represented her country in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She failed to capture any medal.[2] She took part at the 2017 European Para Youth Games held in Liguria, Italy, and won the bronze medal in the 50 m Backstroke S1-5 event.[2]

In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 50 m Backstroke S5 event at the World Para Swimming World Series held in Indianapolis, USA with a time of 45.28.[10] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, U.K., she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke S5 event with a time of 44.74.[11]

The 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall para swimmer at 49 kg (108 lb) is a member of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club.[2] Boyacı's disability swimming classification is S5 due to her limb deficiency as a birth defect.[3][2]