Nafia Kuş Explained

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Nafia Kuş
Full Name:Nafia Kuş Aydın
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:20 February 1995
Birth Place:Adana, Turkey
Hometown:Adana, Turkey
Height:185cm
Country:Turkey
Sport:Taekwondo, kickboxing
Event:Lightweight
Collegeteam:Hacettepe University
Club:Istanbul BB SK
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Nafia Kuş Aydın[1] (born 20 February 1995) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Career

Kuş is a native of Adana, Turkey. She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana.

In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China. She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014, and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in Antalya, and Moldova Open in Chișinău.

She won the gold medal at the 1st ETU European Championships Olympic weight categories held in Nalchik, Russia in 2015. Nafia Kuş won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia. She won the gold medal in the +73 kg division at the 2015 Dutch Open Tournament in Eindhoven. At the 2020 German Open Tournament in Hamburg, she became gold medalist in the +73 kg division. Kuş took the gold medal in the -73 kg division at the 8th Turkish Open Tournament held in Istanbul.

She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[2]

Nafia Kuş won the gold medal at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the women's +73 kg, defeating Greek athlete Paraskevi Ntemogianni in the first round, Reba Stewart from Australia in the second round, Gloria Mosquera from Colombia in the quarterfinals and Russian athlete Kristina Adebaio in the semifinals. In the +73 kg final, she fought with Uzbek last world champion Svetlana Osipova. Nafia Kuş, who also defeated Svetlana Osipova, won the gold medal and became the world champion.[3]

Tournament record

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align=center YearEventLocationG-RankPlace
2022G-43rd
Spanish Open G-11st
Turkish Open G-11st
WT Presidents Cup - Europe G-11st
2021Turkish Open G-11st
Bosnia Herzegovina OpenG-11st
2020WT Presidents Cup - Europe G-12nd
European Clubs Championships G-12nd 
Fujairah Open G-11st
German Open G-11st
2019G-123rd
G-41st 
Extra European Championships G-43rd
WT Presidents Cup - Europe G-12nd
Dutch Open G-12nd 
Belgian Open G-13rd 
US Open G-13rd 
Asian Open G-13rd 
2018G-41st
G-42nd
G-43rd 
G-83rd
Grand Slam - Qualification G-42nd
Turkish Open G-11st 
Egypt Open G-11st 
Belgian Open G-11st 
Sofia Open G-11st 
WT Presidents Cup - Europe G-11st 
2017Grand SlamG-123rd 
European Clubs ChampionshipsG-11st  
Dutch OpenG-11st 
Turkish Open G-12nd  
Slovenia Open G-12nd 
German Open G-12nd  
2016G-42nd 
European Clubs Championships G-11st  
Dutch Open G-12nd
Luxembourg Open G-12nd
2015G-123rd
G-41st 
G-43rd 
European U21 Championships G-41st 
Dutch Open G-11st
Ukraine Open G-11st 
Moldova Open G-11st 
Turkish Open G-12nd
European Clubs Championships G-12nd 
2014Student World Championships G-121st 
European Clubs Championships G-11st 
Turkish Open G-13rd  
2013European U-21 Championships ChișinăuG-11st
2012World Junior Championships G-123rd
European U-21 Championships G-43rd 
German Open G-11st 
2011European Junior Championships G-43rd
Spanish Open G-11st 
German Open G-13rd  
2010World Junior Championships TijuanaG-122nd 
2009European Cadets Championships ZagrebG-42nd

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Turkish taekwondo to kick up Paris Olympics notch with 5 athletes . Daily Sabah . 27 February 2024 . 9 March 2024 . Nafia Kuş Aydın (+67 kg.).
  2. Web site: Taekwondo Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132341/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf . 6 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  3. http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wtnews/view.html?nid=140063&mcd=C02