Nafia Kuş

Nafia Kuş
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1995-02-20) February 20, 1995
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo, kickboxing
Event(s) Lightweight
College team Hacettepe University Taekwondo Team
Medal record
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk Heavyweight
European Championships
2015 Natchik Heavyweight
Tournaments
2015 Moldova Open +73 kg
2015 Dutch Open +73 kg
2015 Turkish Open +73 kg
2014 Turkish Open +73 kg
Student World Championships
2014 Hohhot +73 kg
European Junior Championships
2014 Innsbruck +73 kg

Nafia Kuş (born February 20, 1995) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division.[1]

She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana.[2]

In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[3] Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China.[2] She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014,[4] and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in Antalya,[5] and Moldova Open in Chisinau.[6]

She won the gold medal at the 1st ETU European Championships Olympic weight categories held in Nalchik, Russia in 2015.[7][8] Nafia Kuş won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Kus, Nafia". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  2. 1 2 Kuş dünya ikincisi oldu26/nafia-kus-dunya-ikincisi-oldu "Nafia Kuş dünya ikincisi oldu" Check |url= value (help). Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. ↑ "3. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  4. ↑ Durak, Onur Emre (2014-09-27). "İrem Yaman ile Berkcan Süngü, Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Dutch Open: Winners from Turkey". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Moldova Açık Taekwondo Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Bakan Kılıç, Milli Taekwondocu Nafia Kuş’u tebrik etti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  8. ↑ "4. Altın Madalya Nafia Kuş'dan" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  9. ↑ "İrem Yaman Dünya şampiyonu...". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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