Hüseyin Alkan (born 1 April 1988, in

Küçükçekmece Küçükçekmece (; meaning “small-drawer”, from much earlier ''Rhegion'' (Greek: Ρήγιον) and ''Küçükçökmece as “little breakdown''" or “''little depression''”, in more ancient times just as Bathonea), is a municipality and d ...

Istanbul Province Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

) is a Turkish

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goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...

player of class B1 and

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

. He lost his eyesight at the age of 19 as a result of workplace accident.

Sporting career

A member of Erzurum Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Alkan played in Turkey's national team at the

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

, which became bronze medalist. He has also participated in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

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* * 1988 births Living people Turkish male goalball players Paralympic goalball players for Turkey Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Visually impaired-category Paralympic competitors Sportspeople from Istanbul 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Goalball-bio-stub