The champion of the 24th Deaf Summer Olympics held in Brazil, Turkey Deaf Women's Volleyball National Team players and the third place in the taekwondo poomsae individual Olympics Yusuf Şiyar Kıran, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyervisited . President Soyer said that he is proud of the success of the athletes.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerTurkey Deaf Women's Volleyball National Team, champions of the 24th Deaflympics held in Brazil, came together with the Olympics taekwondo poomsae individual olympics third runner-up Yusuf Şiyar Kıran. President Soyer stated that the successes of young athletes from İzmir made him proud.
Deaf people should not stay at home
2018-year-old Yusuf Şiyar Kıran, European Champion in 2021, World Champion in 18, and finally third in the Olympics, said that his biggest goal is to bring hearing-impaired children into sports. Kıran said, “Deaf children should no longer sit at home and be ashamed of their situation. Let them come to the halls by breaking their shells.” Kıran also thanked his trainer Hülya Tuksal for her support.
We worked hard, we succeeded
Tuğçe Çakmak, a player of the Women's Volleyball National Team, who became the champion in the Deaf Summer Olympics, said, “We are very happy to bring this medal to our country. We are so proud,” she said. Gamze Çokgenç, on the other hand, said that she was very emotional because she was the champion and that there were no obstacles in front of her success. İlayda Alkan said, “It is very nice to be an Olympic champion. We expected such a success. Because we worked hard and our team is very good. It is very proud,” he said.
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