Berfin Altan (born 24 November 2003) is a Turkish
goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...
player having visual impairment. She was a member of the national team at the 2021 IBSA European Goalball Championship.
She is a high school student at the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired "Durmuş Ali Çoban Anadolu Lisesi" in
Denizli
Denizli is a city in Aegean Region, Aegean Turkey, and seat of the province of Denizli Province, Denizli. The city forms the urban part of the districts Merkezefendi and Pamukkale, Denizli, Pamukkale, with a population of 691 783 in 2024.
Denizl ...
, Turkey. She is a member of the school goalball team.
After playing chess and performin Judo, she
switched over to goalball in 2016. She has been called up to the Turkey women's national goalball team camps since 2018.
She took part at the 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in
Samsun
Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...
, Turkey.
She enjoyed her team's silver medal title.
Honours
International
* 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championship in
Samsun
Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...
, Turkey.
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2003 births
Living people
Turkish female goalball players
Paralympic goalball players for Turkey
Paralympic gold medalists for Turkey
Paralympic medalists in goalball
Goalball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople from Denizli
21st-century Turkish sportswomen