Nesim Turan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 (age 31)
Ağrı, Turkey
Home townAnkara, 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 place 2020 Tokyo Individual C4
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team C4–5
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lasko Individual C4
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Individual C4
Silver medal – second place 2014 Beijing Team C5
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bratislava Team C4
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lasko Individual C4
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lasko Team C4
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vejle Individual C4
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vejle Team C4
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lignano Team C4
Silver medal – second place 2011 Split Team C4
Updated on 8 April 2019.

Nesim Turan (born 2 March 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 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Nesim Turan Dünya Şampiyonu". Masa tenisi Dünyası (in Turkish). 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. 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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