Nazan Akın (born October 1, 1983, in

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

, 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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Career history

Nazan took the bronze medal at the 2008 German Open, and the silver medal at the IBSA World Championship and Games in

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, Turkey the following year. She won the bronze medal in the 63 kg division at the 2011 IBSA European Championship held in

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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Diyarbakır Turkish female judoka Paralympic judoka of Turkey Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Turkey Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in judo Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish blind people {{Turkey-judo-bio-stub