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Neşe Mercan (born 19 September 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team.
Early years
[edit]Neşe Mercan was born in İskenderun of Hatay Province, Turkey on 19 September 1994.[1][2]
Sporting career
[edit]Mercan was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3] She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics.[4]
In 2018, she enjoyed her national team's silver medal win at the Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden.[5]
She was part of the national team, which became champion at the 2019 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in Rostock, Germany.[6] Her team became undefeated champion at the 2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan.[7]
Honours
[edit]International
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2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
2013 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Konya, Turkey- 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]
- 2017 IBSA Goalball European Champişonship in Nastola, Finland
- 2018 Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden,[5]
- 2019 IBSA Goalball European Champişonship in Rostock, Germany,[6]
- 2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan,[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nese Mercan". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Hatay'ın Gururu Neşe Mercan". Yorum (in Turkish). 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Çetinbaş, İlknur (8 September 2016). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Rio'da Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı, altın madalya kazandı". NTV (in Turkish). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Kadın Golbol Milli Takımı gümüş madalya kazandı!". Star (in Turkish). 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı'nın başarısı, Yenimahalle Belediyesi'ni gururlandırdı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı namağlup şampiyon". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Neşe Mercan at the International Paralympic Committee
- Neşe Mercan at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
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