Neşe Mercan

Neşe Mercan (born September 19, 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team.

Neşe Mercan
Personal information
Born (1994-09-19) September 19, 1994
İskenderun, Hatay Province, Turkey
Sport
SportGoalball
Medal record
Goalball
Representing  Turkey
Paralympics
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 MalmöTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2019 RostockTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 NastolaTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 Kaunasteam
Silver medal – second place2013 KonyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 Ascoli PicenoTeam Div. B
Tournaments
Gold medal – first place2019 JapanTeam

Early years

Neşe Mercan was born in İskenderun of Hatay Province, Turkey on September 19, 1994.[1][2]

Sporting career

Mercan was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3] She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics.[4]

In 2018, she enjoyed her national team's silver medal win at the Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden.[5]

She was part of the national team, which became champion at the 2019 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in Rostock, Germany.[6] Her team became undefeated champion at the 2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan.[7]

Honours

International

References
  1. "Nese Mercan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. "Hatay'ın Gururu Neşe Mercan". Yorum (in Turkish). 2016-09-02. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. Çetinbaş, İlknur (2016-09-08). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. "Rio'da Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı, altın madalya kazandı". NTV (in Turkish). 2016-09-17. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. "Kadın Golbol Milli Takımı gümüş madalya kazandı!". Star (in Turkish). 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. "Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı'nın başarısı, Yenimahalle Belediyesi'ni gururlandırdı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  7. "Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı namağlup şampiyon". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.


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