Nurhan Çınar (born 1994) is a Turkish female

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player.

Sport career

A native of

Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city h ...

, she played in the Turkey U18 girls' national team, and won the bronze medal at the 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III held in

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. She was named the ''Most Valuable Player''. In 2012, she was with the Turkey junior women's national team, which placed second at the 2012 EuroHockey Junior Women's Championships III held on July 19–22 in Lisbon, Portugal. Nurhan Çınar studies at the Abant İzzet Baysal University (AİBÜ) in

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and plays in its AIBU HighWay Outlet Women's Hockey Team. The team took part at the 2013 Eurohockey Women's Indoor Club Challenge I held on February 22–24, 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal, and became champion without losing a game. Çınar was named ''Top Scorer'' of the tournament. She won with her university team also the newly established Turkish Intercollegiate Hockey Championship held on April 4–7, 2013 at the Abant İzzet Baysal University. Çınar is a member of Keçiören Bağlumspor's women hockey team. After winning the 2012 Turkish Field Hockey Women's Super League, her team qualified for participation at the 2013 Eurohockey Women’s Club Champions Challenge III held on May 17–20, 2013 in

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, Portugal. They became undefeated champion, and she was selected ''Top Scorer'' with seven goals. She played for Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK at the 2018 Women's EuroHockey Club Challenge III, where her team became undefeated champion. She was named ''Top Goalscorer'' with 11 goals netted.

Achievements

* 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III – Minsk, Belarus * 2012 EuroHockey Junior Women's Championships III – July 19–22 – Lisbon, Portugal * 2013 Eurohockey Women's Indoor Club Challenge I – February 22–24 – Lisbon, Portugal * 2013 Eurohockey Women’s Club Champions Challenge III – May 17–20 – Porto, Portugal * 2018 Women's EuroHockey Club Challenge III).

Honors

Club

* 2013 Eurohockey Women's Indoor Club Challenge I – Lisbon, Portugal – ''Top Scorer'' * 2013 Eurohockey Women’s Club Champions Challenge III – Porto, Portugal – ''Top Scorer''

National team

* 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III – Minsk, Belarus – ''Most Valuable Player''

Individual

:; ''Most Valuable Player'' (1): :: 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III. :; ''Top Goalscorer'' (1): :: 2018 Women's EuroHockey Club Challenge III (11 goals).

References

1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Malatya Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University alumni Turkish female field hockey players Turkish female indoor hockey players 21st-century Turkish women {{fieldhockey-bio-stub