Neslihan Kavas (born 29 August 1987 in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish female para table tennis player of class 9 and

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. She represented Turkey at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, and won bronze by defeating

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's Malgorzata Grzelak, three sets to nil (11–7, 11–4, 13–11). Kavas took part at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

and advanced to the final, at which she won the silver medal losing 2–3 to Chinese

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, champion of the

. Furthermore, she was part of the Turkish team, which became silver medalist in the women's team class 6–10 event after losing to the team from China in the final. She won the gold medal in the women's single class 9 division at the 2013 ITTF European Para-Table Tennis Championships held in Lignano, Italy.

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* 1987 births Turkish female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for Turkey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Paralympic silver medalists for Turkey Sportspeople from Eskişehir Living people Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in table tennis Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Turkey-tabletennis-bio-stub