Ebru Acer
Ebru Acer is a Turkish European champion para table tennis player competing in the C11 disability class. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table tennis player to become a Paralympian. She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal.
Sport career
Acer started para table tennis playing with her family's encouragement in 2017. She is a member of Şafaktepe GSK in Ankara.2019
In 2019, she took the silver medal in the singles C11 event at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden.2022
She received the bronze medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2022 World Tennis Championships in Granada, Spain. In June, she won gold medal at the 2022 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava. In July 2022, Acer took won two gold medal in the women's singles and women's open events at the VIRTUS European Summer Games held in Kraków, Poland.2023
In 2023, she took the silver medal at the 2023 ITTF Thailand Open Tennis Tournament in Bangkok. She claimed the gold medal in the singles C11, and another gold medal with her teammate Sümeyra Türk in the doubles C11 event at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France. In the same year, she became champion at the 2023 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield, England.2024
In 2024, she took the silver medal at the 2024 ITTF Egypt Para Open in Giza, the gold medal in the singles C11 event at the ITTF Slovenia Para Open Thermana Laško in Laško, Slovenia, and another gold medal in the singles C11 event at the 2024 ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.Acer's champion title at the 2023 Global Games brought her the qualification to represent her country at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France. She participated at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France, and won a bronze medal. Acer is the first ever Turkish para table tennis player to become a Paralympian.