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Erdoğan Aygan

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Nationality
  
Turkish

Country
  
Turkey

Club
  
Istanbul Archery Club

Event
  
Compound bow

Residence
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Sport
  
Paralympic archery

Coached by
  
Metin Gazoz

Born
  
January 11, 1979 (age 38) (
1979-01-11
)
Turkey

Erdoğan Aygan (born January 11, 1979) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow event.

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Early life

Erdoğan Aygan was born on January 11, 1979. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sporting career

Aygan began his archery career in 2009, and debuted internationally in 2010. He has been coached by Metin Gazoz at Istanbul Archery Club since 2009.

He won a gold medal with the national mixed team at the 2013 World Para-archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, and a silver medal with the men's team at the 2015 World Para Archery Championships in Donaueschingen, Germany.

He obtained a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Aygan is right-handed and shoots 69 cm (27 in)-long arrows, with a bow draw weight of 27 kg (60 lb).

References

Erdoğan Aygan Wikipedia