Nesim Turan (born March 2, 1992) is a Turkish

para table tennis Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes. Athletes from disability groups can ...

player of class 4 and

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event and silver medal along with his teammates Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk in the Team C5 event at the

World Para Table Tennis Championships The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic ...

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, China. He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and Abdullah Öztürk in the Team C4 event at the 2016

Lignano Lignano Sabbiadoro (; fur, Lignan) is a town and comune within the province of Udine, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. It is one of the main summer resorts in northern Italy and on the Adriatic Sea coast. History ...

Master Open in Italy. He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event at the 2016 Paralympics in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil along with Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk.

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Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Ağrı Turkish male table tennis players Paralympic table tennis players for Turkey Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Turkish people Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in table tennis Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey {{Turkey-tabletennis-bio-stub