Neşe Mercan

Neşe Mercan
Personal information
Born	19 September 1994 (age 30); İskenderun, Hatay Province, Turkey
Sport
Sport	Goalball
Medal record
Goalball
Representing Turkey
Paralympics
World Championships
European Championship
Tournaments

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

Early years

Neşe Mercan was born in İskenderun of Hatay Province, Turkey on 19 September 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

2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
2013 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Konya, Turkey
2015 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania
2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[4]
2017 IBSA Goalball European Champişonship in Nastola, Finland
2018 Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden,^[5]
2019 IBSA Goalball European Champişonship in Rostock, Germany,^[6]
2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan,^[7]

References

^ "Nese Mercan". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Hatay'ın Gururu Neşe Mercan". Yorum (in Turkish). 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ Çetinbaş, İlknur (8 September 2016). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Rio'da Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı, altın madalya kazandı". NTV (in Turkish). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

Neşe Mercan at the International Paralympic Committee
Neşe Mercan at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)

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[r2016-1] "Nese Mercan". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[y1-2] "Hatay'ın Gururu Neşe Mercan". Yorum (in Turkish). 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[aa1-3] Çetinbaş, İlknur (8 September 2016). "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu yıldızlarla dolu". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[ntv1-4] "Rio'da Türkiye Goalball Kadın Milli Takımı, altın madalya kazandı". NTV (in Turkish). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[st1-5] "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.

[cnnt1-6] "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.

[f2-7] "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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