KUS Nafia

Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ADANA

Birth Country:

Turkey

Place of residence : ADANA

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Women +67kg	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women +67kg Round of 16 #401 DOM RODRIGUEZ PEGUERORODRIGUEZ PEGUERO Katherine 7 GDP TUR KUS NKUS Nafia 5	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-73kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
3	+73kg	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS
Quarterfinal	+73kg	2017	Muju, KOR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-73kg	2018	Kazan, RUS
3	+67kg	2019	Bari, ITA
Quarterfinal	-73kg	2021	Sofia, BUL

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	+67kg	2018	Fujairah, UAE
Quarterfinal	+67kg	2019	Moscow, RUS
Last 16	+67kg	2017	Abidjan, CIV
Last 16	+67kg	2016	Baku, AZE

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	+67kg	2018	Moscow, RUS
3	+67kg	2018	Taoyuan, TPE
Quarterfinal	+67kg	2018	Manchester, GBR
Quarterfinal	+67kg	2018	Rome, ITA
Quarterfinal	+67kg	2017	Rabat, MAR
Quarterfinal	+67kg	2017	Moscow, RUS
2nd Round	+67kg	2019	Sofia, BUL
2nd Round	+67kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
2nd Round	+67kg	2019	Rome, ITA
Round 2	+67kg	2017	London, GBR

Savasci Prenses [Warrior Princess], The Amazon, Nehir (insidethegames.biz, 2015; Facebook profile, 31 Dec 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Teacher

Physical Education - Cukurova University, Turkey

Languages spoken:

Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi SK [Turkey]

Ali Sahin [national], TUR

She took up the sport at age nine in Adana, Turkey. (gazeteduvar.com.tr, 19 Nov 2019; insidethegames.biz, 2015)

"A course began in my neighbourhood and I went to watch my friends. A teacher then asked, due to my height, if I wanted to give it a try. He spoke to my family and I decided on taking it up. The best part was being able to learn to defend myself." (gazeteduvar.com.tr, 19 Nov 2019; insidethegames.biz, 2015)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (fanatik.com.tr, 23 Aug 2020; gazeteduvar.com.tr, 19 Nov 2019; insidethegames.biz, 2015)

She trains six days a week. (kadinlarbilir.com, 14 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
AIMING FOR OLYMPIC HISTORY
She aspires to become the first female Turkish taekwondo athlete to win gold at the Olympic Games. "I see myself being very close to the gold medal at the Olympic Games. We have no women's Olympic gold medals in taekwondo. We have won silver and bronze but never gold. I want to be the first woman to bring our country a gold medal." (fanatik.com.tr, 23 Aug 2020)

OCCUPATION
She is a physical education teacher at Sehit Huseyin Avni Bey Secondary School in Adana, Turkey. (Facebook profile, 31 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
GDP:: Win by Golden Points

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