AYDEMIR AKYOL Naz

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2010	Japan
9	Women	2014	Italy

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019
3	Women	2017

Nazo (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Writing. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Author

Advertising, Marketing - Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

Husband Cenk Akyol, son Pamir

English, Italian

Fenerbahce SK [Istanbul, TUR] since 2019/20

Zoran Terzic [club], SRB; Giovanni Guidetti [national], ITA

Setter (fenerbahce.org, 09 Dec 2020)

Her husband Cenk Akyol represented Turkey in basketball at three consecutive World Cups between 2006 and 2014, winning a silver medal at the 2010 edition in Turkey. Her parents played professional volleyball, while her cousin Ilkay Gundogan is a professional footballer. He played for Manchester City during the 2020/21 English Premier League season, and represented Germany at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021; hurriyet.com.tr, 03 Jun 2020; euroleague.net, 16 Jan 2014; bundesliga.com, 15 Jan 2014; nazaydemir.com, 12 Mar 2013; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Jan 2021)

2008 for Turkey Against Germany, Olympic Qualification Tournament in Halle, Germany (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

She sustained a labrum cam-pincer impingement [hip] injury in 2011. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

She was affected by spondylolisthesis [spine] in 2003. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Turkish Women's Volleyball League [TUR] (fenerbahce.org, 09 Dec 2020)

She took up volleyball at age nine with the Eczacibasi Istanbul club in Turkey. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

She initially took part in athletics and basketball, but eventually followed her parents into volleyball after her mother took her to watch Eczacibasi Istanbul train. (nazaydemir.com, 12 Mar 2013)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Competing in 10 Champions League finals, including in four consecutive years. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Her mother. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

Her parents. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

She was named Best Setter of the final series of the Turkish Women's Volleyball League in 2013/14, 2012/13, 2010/11 and 2009/10. (FIVB, 03 May 2014; todayszaman.com, 23 Apr 2013)

She received the 2013/14 European Volleyball Confederation [CEV] Champions League Fair Play Award. (cev.lu, 16 Mar 2014)

She was named Best Setter of the final four stage of the CEV Champions League in 2011/12 and 2012/13. (nazaydemir.com, 12 Mar 2013)

She was named 2011 Best Volleyball Player by Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. (sportscommittee.com, 19 Nov 2011)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2008 European Junior Championships in Italy. (nazaydemir.com, 12 Mar 2013)