Turan Akalın (born 1984) is a

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player and wheelchair curler. In 1998 at the age of 14, he lost his both legs below knee at a train accident in Izmit as he was crossing railroad. Akalın is now working at the

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's hospital. He began with tennis playing in 2004 at the İzmit Tennis Club. Akalın won the singles and the doubles titles at the Turkish Wheelchair Tennis Championship in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, he began performing wheelchair curling at the Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., and was admitted to the newly formed national team. Akalın participated as

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at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event in

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, at which

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made its international debut in this Winter Paralympic sport category. Winning only one game and ranking so 10th, his team missed to qualify for participation at the

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1984 births Sportspeople from İzmit Living people Turkish wheelchair tennis players Turkish male tennis players Turkish male curlers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-sport-bio-stub