Berfin Altan (born 24 November 2003) is a Turkish

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

player having visual impairment. She was a member of the national team at the 2021 IBSA European Goalball Championship. She is a high school student at the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired "Durmuş Ali Çoban Anadolu Lisesi" in

Denizli Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...

, Turkey. She is a member of the school goalball team. After playing chess and performin Judo, she switched over to goalball in 2016. She has been called up to the Turkey women's national goalball team camps since 2018. She took part at the 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun reco ...

, Turkey. She enjoyed her team's silver medal title.

Honours

International

* 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championship in

, Turkey.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Altan, Berfin 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Denizli Turkish blind people Female goalball players Turkish goalball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen