Nafia Kuş
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Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Adana, Turkey | February 20, 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Adana, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo, kickboxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Lightweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Hacettepe University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nafia Kuş (born February 20, 1995) is a European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division.[1]
Kuş is a native of Adana, Turkey.[2] She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana.[3]
In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[4] Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China.[3] She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014,[5] and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in Antalya,[6] and Moldova Open in Chisinau.[7]
She won the gold medal at the 1st ETU European Championships Olympic weight categories held in Nalchik, Russia in 2015.[8][9] Nafia Kuş won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[10] She won the gold medal in the +73 kg division at the 2015 Dutch Open Tournament in Eindhoven.[11] At the 2020 German Open Tournament in Hamburg], she became gold medalist in the +73 kg division.[12] Kuş took the gold medal in the -73 kg division at the 8th Turkish Open Tournament held in Istanbul.[13]
References[]
- ^ "Kus, Nafia". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Sporcumuz Nafia Kuş kimdir?" (in Turkish). Kadınlar Bilir. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Nafia Kuş dünya ikincisi oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2015-05-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "3. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ Durak, Onur Emre (2014-09-27). "İrem Yaman ile Berkcan Süngü, Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Dutch Open: Winners from Turkey". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Moldova Açık Taekwondo Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Bakan Kılıç, Milli Taekwondocu Nafia Kuş'u tebrik etti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "4. Altın Madalya Nafia Kuş'dan" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "İrem Yaman Dünya şampiyonu..." Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Hollanda'da 1 Altın, 3 Bronz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Almanya'da Madalyalar Şehitlerimize" (in Turkish). Türkiye Tarkwondo Federasyonu. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Nafia Kuş'tan altın madalya". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
External links[]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Adana
- Turkish female taekwondo practitioners
- Turkish female martial artists
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Universiade gold medalists for Turkey
- Universiade medalists in taekwondo
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Turkey