Ecem Taşın (born January 20, 1991) is a Turkish female

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( disability class B2) competing in the -48 kg division. She is a student of

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Trakya University Trakya University ( tr, Trakya Üniversitesi), was established on July 20, 1982. The university is located in Edirne, at Turkey's European side (Eastern Thrace). Trakya University is a regional university with institutions and schools spread o ...

Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...

, Turkey. Taşın captured a bronze medal at the 2013 IBSA European Judo Championships held in

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, Hungary. She took a bronze medal in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) event at the

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, Portugal, and so obtained a qıota spot for the

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. At the

, she won a bronze medal.

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Living people 1991 births Turkish female judoka Paralympic judoka of Turkey Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in judo Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment Trakya University alumni 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-judo-bio-stub