Çağla Akın (born 19 January 1995 in

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, Turkey) is a Turkish

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship and now playing with

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Personal information

She is tall at . Her parents were national handball players.

Career

She played for the VakıfBank Türk Telekom before she transferred in 2012 to

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

. Akın was a member of the girls' youth national team and the women's junior national team. Akın won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.

Clubs

* VakıfBank Türk Telekom Junior (2009–2011) * VakıfBank Türk Telekom (2011–2012) *

Junior (2012–2013) * Vakıfbank Istanbul (2013–2014) *

(2014–2017) * Fenerbahçe (2017–2018) *

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

(2018–2021)

Awards

National team

2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship The 2011 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 21 August 2011. 16 teams participated in the tournament. Qualification process Competing nations The following national teams have qualified: Ven ...

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2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Trabzon, Turkey, between 23 and 29 July 2011. Sports There were nine sports at the 2011 Festival, two branches, table tennis and water polo, less than c ...

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2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship The 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was played in Ankara, Turkey from August 18 to 26, 2012. Turkey won the championship before Serbia and Italy, and qualified to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship, 2013 Women's J ...

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2014 Women's European Volleyball League The 2014 Women's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. Turkey defeated Germany 6–2 in the final, which ...

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2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament. Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of ...

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Clubs

* 2013 Club World Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul

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* 1995 births Volleyball players from Istanbul Living people Turkish women's volleyball players VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Beşiktaş volleyballers European Games gold medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players Türk Hava Yolları volleyballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub

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