Alperen Sengun on his childhood: “I’ve got a lot of injuries from (his childhood) — like everywhere,” the 22-year-old Şengün said. “My arms. My knees. I have injuries and scars everywhere from climbing places. A car hit me — twice. I was almost dying. I’ve had a lot of stuff.”
Really great article by Sam Amick from The Athletic
What’s the worst injury you’ve had?
My arm, probably.
He turns his body to reveal the scar on his right elbow…
I got a big surgery on my arm when I was 5 years old. We were always jumping from here to there (in houses), so I jumped and I just stepped in the air. I was climbing, and it was a really high spot. So broken arm — surgery. That’s how it was. The broken arms, knees, everything. Every summer, something was happening to me. I was getting hurt.
When I was 6 or 7, there was a house with a gate, and we were playing inside of that. But you can’t see the outside of it. So I was running outside, and I just opened the door and there was the street. The car was there, and it just hit me so quick. It drove over my feet. It was really bad.
(My friends) picked me up and brought me to the hospital, (but) I had sandals on at that time, so the neighbors in the street brought my sandals to my mom (at her house). But they don’t say nothing (about me being at the hospital). My mom thought I was dead. It was really bad. My right (foot) was f—ed up. They were really bad times.