Nazan Akın Explained

Nazan Akın Güneş
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1993 9, df=y
Birth Place:Diyarbakır, Turkey
Weight:70kg (150lb) (2012)
Sport:Judo
Event:+70 kg
Club:Ankara Göreneller Spor Kulübü
Coach:Meriç Özdeş, Yavuz Yolcu (national)
Paralympics:2012

Nazan Akın Güneş (born Nazan Akın on 1 September 1983, in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish visually impaired judoka (disability class B3) competing in the +70 kg division. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics.

Career history

Nazan Akın took the bronze medal at the 2008 German Open, and the silver medal at the IBSA World Championship and Games in Antalya, Turkey the following year. She won the bronze medal in the 63 kg division at the 2011 IBSA European Championship held in London, United Kingdom.

She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Achievements

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Representing
2008IDEM German OpenAschaffenburg, Germany3rd
2011IBSA World Championships and GamesAntalya, Turkeybgcolor=silver 2nd
IBSA European ChampionshipLondon, United Kingdom3rd63 kgB3
2012Summer ParalympicsLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=silver 2nd+70 kgB3
2023European Para ChampionshipsRotterdam, Netherlandsbgcolor=silver 2nd+70 kgJ1