Defne Kurt
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| Born | 4 May 2001 Istanbul, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yeditepe University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Defne Kurt (born 4 May 2001) is a Turkish para swimmer who competes in international swimming competitions in the S10 classification. She won five gold medals at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships.
Career
In December 2014, Kurt represented Turkey at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Doha, Qatar. She competed in four events but did not advance to the final in any of them.[1]
At the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships held in Singapore, Kurt won her first gold medal in 50 m freestyle, which was also her first medal in the championships.[2][3] She then won four more gold medals in the 200 m individual medley, 50m butterfly,[4][5] 100 m freestyle[6] and 100 m backstroke S10.[7]
References
- ^ "12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014". World Aquatics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-21). "Ellard Lowers WR, Oliveira Dos Santos Tops Breaststroke Mark- Para Worlds Day 1 Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
- ^ "Turkish para swimmer wins gold, sets record at World Championships". Hürriyet Daily News. 21 September 2025.
- ^ Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-22). "Records Continue to Fall as Jiang, Hance, Engel, and Araujo Break WRs: Para Worlds Day 2 Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ Ndunga, Kelvin (25 September 2025). "Turkish swimmer Defne Kurt smashes European record on global stage". Daily Sabah.
- ^ "Singapore 2025: Here are the Day 6 medallists". Paralympic.org. 26 September 2025.
- ^ "A first in our history! Defne Kurt wins her 5th gold medal". Haberler. 27 September 2025.