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

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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