Zehra Öktem

Zehra Öktem (born September 4, 1959 in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish female Olympian archer. She resides in Antalya.^[1]

Zehra Öktem

Personal information
Birth name	Zehra Öktem
Full name	Zehra Öktem
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1959-09-04) September 4, 1959 (age 65) Trabzon, Turkey
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Archery
Medal record Women's Archery World Masters Games 2009 Sydney Ind field 2009 Sydney Ind indoors

She graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in chemical engineering. Öktem became a member of the national team at the age of 30. In the 1990s, she won five times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1998) the gold medal at the Balkan Championship.^[2]

Zehra Öktem represented Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics and placed 30th in the Individual round of 32 event. Lastly, she took two gold medals at the 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia in individual field and indoors. At the same tournament, Öktem set also a world record in 30m event of her age category (over 50 years) with a score of 345.^[2][3]

See also

• Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's individual
• Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team

References

1. "Zehra Öktem". Sports-Reference/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
2. "Dünya rekoru kırdı, kimsenin haberi olmadı". Radikal (in Turkish). 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
3. "Azərbaycanlı ağırlıqqaldıranlar 1 qızıl və 1 bürünc, türkiyəli oxçu isə 2 qızıl medal qazandı" (in Turkish). D-A-K. Retrieved 2013-01-09.