Abdullah Öztürk (born October 1, 1989) is a Turkish

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player of class 4 and

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. Öztürk represented his country at the

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, United Kingdom. In 2014, he won the silver medal along with Ali Öztürk and

Nesim Turan Nesim Turan (born March 2, 1992) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event and silver medal along with his teammates Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk in the ...

in the Team C5 event at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in

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, China. He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and

in the Team C4 event at the 2016

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Master Open in Italy. He captured the gold medal in the individual C4 event at the

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, Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event of the Paralympics along with his brother Ali Öztürk and teammate

. As of April 2019, Öztürk ranks second in the world list of his disability class. He won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

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