Nesim Turan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-03-02) March 2, 1992
Ağrı, Turkey
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportPara table tennis
ClubLider Engellier SC
Coached byIlhami Kilinckaya
Medal record
Men's para table tennis (class 4)
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoIndividual C4
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam C4–5
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 LaskoIndividual C4
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingIndividual C4
Silver medal – second place2014 BeijingTeam C5
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BratislavaTeam C4
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 LaskoIndividual C4
Gold medal – first place2017 LaskoTeam C4
Bronze medal – third place2015 VejleIndividual C4
Gold medal – first place2015 VejleTeam C4
Silver medal – second place2013 LignanoTeam C4
Silver medal – second place2011 SplitTeam C4
Updated on 8 April 2019.

Nesim Turan (born March 2, 1992) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian.[1]

In 2014, he won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event and silver medal along with his teammates Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk in the Team C5 event at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing, China.[2][3]

He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and Abdullah Öztürk in the Team C4 event at the 2016 Lignano Master Open in Italy.[4][5]

He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil along with Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nesim Turan". Rio 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nesim Turan Dünya Şampiyonu". Masa tenisi Dünyası (in Turkish). 10 December 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Para Table Tennis'de Dünya 8.si olduk". Masa tenisi Dünyası (in Turkish). 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul (21 February 2016). "Three silvers and two bronzes for GB in Italy". table Tennis England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Bullock, Francesca (23 February 2016). "Disability Sport: Table Tennis star Jack is back with a bang". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Öztürk kardeşler Rio'da bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.


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