Hüseyin Alkan
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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey | April 1, 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | class B1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Erzurum Visually Impaired People Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Latif Barakçı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 4 September 2012. |
Hüseyin Alkan (born April 1, 1988 in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian.[1]
He lost his eyesight at the age of 19 as a result of workplace accident.[2]
Sporting career[]
A member of Erzurum Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Alkan played in Turkey's national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which became bronze medalist.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Turkey | ||||
2009 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | team |
2010 | IBSA European Goalball Championship | Assens, Denmark | 3rd | team[3] |
2011 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Ghent, Belgium | 3rd | team |
IBSA World Championships and Games | Antalya, Turkey | 2nd | team | |
Goalball UK Elite Tournament | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 1st | team | |
2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | national team |
References[]
- ^ "Sporcular / Goalbol-Hüseyin Alkan" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ Özdil, Yılmaz (2012-08-29). "Eli ayağı tutan acizler ülkesinin... İnsanüstü yetenekli milli takımı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ Yanev, Ivan. "European Goalball Championship, Assens, Denmark 19-24.10.2010". S.C.I. Vitosha. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Male goalball players
- Turkish goalball players
- Paralympic goalball players of Turkey
- Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Blind people from Turkey
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in goalball
- Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
- Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- European Paralympic medalist stubs
- Turkish sportspeople stubs
- Goalball biography stubs