Cagla Atakal

Turkiye

Shooting

Biography

Impairment information

Classification

SH1

Further personal information

Family

Daughter Elis Doga [2017]

Residence

Ordu, TUR

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

English, Turkish

Higher education

Physical Education, Sports Management - Ordu University: Türkiye

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began shooting in 2008.

Why this sport?

Her mother got her involved in the sport. "I started shooting because of my mother. She said, 'You should try, maybe you will succeed'."

Club / Team

Istanbul Avcilik ve Aticilik SK: Türkiye

Name of coach

Kadri Akgun [national], TUR; Mustafa Atalay [national], TUR

Training Regime

She trains up to three hours a day at the Air Guns Shooting Range in Ordu, Turkiye.

General interest

Most influential person in career

Her family. (haber3.com, 02 Dec 2015)

Other sports

She has played wheelchair basketball at national level in Turkiye. (sondakika.com, 2015)

Other information

COACHING
She has helped to train young athletes in her spare time at the Air Guns Shooting Range in Ordu, Turkiye. (aa.com.tr, 30 Jan 2021)

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
She began playing wheelchair basketball at age 11. "I love basketball too. Power doesn't matter in [wheelchair] basketball because it's also a mind game." (haber3.com, 02 Dec 2015)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

2010 IPC Shooting World Championships (Zagreb, Croatia)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1		Qualification	2010-07-17	28

2014 IPC Shooting World Championships (Suhl, Germany)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1	Final	2014-07-19	2
Women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1	Qualification	2014-07-19	8
Mixed 10m Air Rifle prone SH1	Qualification	2014-07-21	62