Cansu Akalın
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 1998 (age 25–26) Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Konyaaltı Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Çankaya Bld. Anka GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Muratpaşa Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Kastamonu Bld. GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Konyaaltı Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
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Cansu Akalın (born 1998) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as pivot for Konyaaltı Bld. SK in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey national team.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Cansu Akalın was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1998.[2] She has a twin sister Selen.[3]
Club career
[edit]Akalın is 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). She plays in the pivot position.[4]
Çankaya Bld. Anka GSK
[edit]Cansu played seven seasons in her hometown club Çankaya Anka Bld. GSK together with her twin sister Selen, who is a goalkeeper.[3] She took part in the 2013–14 EHF Cup.[5]
Muratpaşa Bld. SK
[edit]For the 2016–17 Turkish Super League season, she went together with her sister to Antalya to join Muratpaşa Bld. SK.[3] She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season.[6] She played in the 2016–17 EHF Cup,[7] 2018–19 EHF Champions League,[8] 2018–19 EHF Cup,[9] 2019–20 EHF Cup,[10] and 2020–21 EHF European Cup.[11]
Kastamonu Bld. GSK
[edit]In the 2021–22 season, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.[2] She played in the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[2][12]
Konyaaltı Bld. SK
[edit]In 2022, she signed a deal with the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld. SK, played in the 2022–23 EHF European Cup,[13] and experienced her team's champion title of the cup.[14] She was named Golden Seven (Turkish: Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the Turkey Handball Federation.[15]
International career
[edit]Akalın is a member of the Turkey national team. She took part in the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches .[16] In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[17]
Honours
[edit]Individual
[edit]- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
- Golden Seven member (1): 2022–223 (Konyaaltı Bld. SK)
Club
[edit]- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
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- Muratpaşa Bld. SK
- Champion (1): 2017–18
- Runner-up (1): 2018–19
- Kastamonu Bld. SK
- Champion (1): 2021–22
- Konyaaltı Bld. S
- Champion (1): 2022–23
International
[edit]- Turkey women's national handball team
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- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Champion (1): 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cansu Akalın" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cansu Akalın dikkatleri üstüne çekti". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Yıldırım, Tolga (17 September 2016). "Hentbolun ikiz melekleri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Akalın, Cansu". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2013/14 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Cankaya Bel. Anka Spor K 22:34 U Jolidon Cluj". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Muratpaşa'da Cansu Akalın yuvada kaldı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2016/17 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Muratpasa Belediyesi SK 20:3 Randers HK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2018/19 DELO Women's EHF Champions – HC Podravka Vegeta 3:22 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2018/19 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – H 65 Höörs H K 31:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2019/20 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – A.C. PAOK 32:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2020/21 Women's EHF European Cup Match Details -PF Cassano Magnago 0:10 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2021–22 EHF CL Women – Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2022–23 EHF EC Women – Antalya Konyaalti BSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Antalya win EHF European Cup". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi sezon istatistikleri yayımlandı". Habertürk. 20 April 2023.
- ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, İsveç'e 33–21 mağlup oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.