Nazan Akın Güneş (born Nazan Akın on 1 September 1983, in

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, Turkey) is a Turkish

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( disability class B3) competing in the +70 kg division. She won the silver medal at the

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and the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympics.

Sport career

Nazan Akın took the bronze medal at the 2008 German Open. In 2011, she competed in the 63 kg division at the IBSA World Championship and Games in

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, Turkey, where she finished in 7th place and at the IBSA European Championship held in

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, where she won the bronze medal. At the

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, England, Akın first succeeded in defeating her Bulgarian opponent Ivomira Mihaylova in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal, she also defeated French competitor Celine Manzuolini, securing her place in the final, where she went on to win the silver medal. After this, she took a 10-year break from judo. In 2022, she participated at the IBSA Judo World Championships held in

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, Azerbaijan, and won the bronze medal in the +70 kg division. She won the silver medal at the

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, Netherlands. In 2024, she won the bronze medal at the

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held in

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, France, by defeating her opponent Feruza Ergasheva 10-0 in the women +70 kg division.

Personal life

Nazan Akın was born on September 1, 1983, in

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