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Nafia Kuş

Nafia Kuş Aydın (born 20 February 1995) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships and 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.[1][2]

Nafia Kuş
Taekwondo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games 11
Kuş (blue) in the final of 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
Full nameNafia Kuş Aydın
NationalityTurkish
Born (1995-02-20) February 20, 1995 (age 31)
Adana, Turkey
Home townAdana, Turkey
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo, kickboxing
Event
Lightweight
College teamHacettepe University
ClubBalıkesir B.Ş.B.
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Turkey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris+67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku+73 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Wuxi+73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Manchester-73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Chelyabinsk+73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Kazan73 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Belgrade+73 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Montreux+73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester+73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Munich+73 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Krakow+73 kg
Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2017 Wuxi+67 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2015 Moscow+67 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Moscow+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Manchester+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Taoyuan+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Fujairah (F)+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Paris+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Riyadh (F)+67 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku+73 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Palembang+73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Konya+73 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran+67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona+67 kg
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Neapel-73 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Chișinău+73 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Bucharest73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Athens+73 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Tijuana+68 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Sharm El-Sheikh+68 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Paphos+68 kg
European Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 Zagreb+59 kg

Career

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Kuş is a native of Adana, Turkey.[3] She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana.[4]

In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[5] Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China.[4] She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014,[6] and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in Antalya,[7] and Moldova Open in Chișinău.[8]

She won the gold medal at the 1st ETU European Championships Olympic weight categories held in Nalchik, Russia in 2015.[9][10] Nafia Kuş won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[11] She won the gold medal in the +73 kg division at the 2015 Dutch Open Tournament in Eindhoven.[12] At the 2020 German Open Tournament in Hamburg, she became gold medalist in the +73 kg division.[13] Kuş took the gold medal in the -73 kg division at the 8th Turkish Open Tournament held in Istanbul.[14]

She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[15]

Nafia Kuş won the gold medal at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the women's +73 kg, defeating Greek athlete Paraskevi Ntemogianni in the first round, Reba Stewart from Australia in the second round, Gloria Mosquera from Colombia in the quarterfinals and Russian athlete Kristina Adebaio in the semifinals. In the +73 kg final, she fought with Uzbek last world champion Svetlana Osipova. Nafia Kuş, who also defeated Svetlana Osipova, won the gold medal and became the world champion.[16]

Nafia Kuş Aydın won the gold medal in the women's +73 kg event at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships held in Wuxi, China. After receiving a bye in the first round, she defeated Kalina Boyadzhieva of Bulgaria in the second round, Katherine Bathily of Ivory Coast in the round of 16, Dagmara Haremza of Poland in the quarterfinals, and Lauren Williams of Great Britain in the semifinals. In the final, she faced Uzbekistan's Svetlana Osipova and secured a 2–1 victory to claim the gold medal. With this result, Kuş Aydın became world champion for the second consecutive time, following her 2023 triumph in Baku.[17]

At the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships, Nafia Kuş Aydın competed in the women's +73 kg event and won the bronze medal at the tournament held at BMW Park in Munich, Germany. She defeated Portugal's Maria Francisca Moniz in the round of 16 and France's Solene Avoulette in the quarter-finals, before losing to Germany's Lorena Brandl in the semi-finals and finishing the tournament in third place.[18]

Tournament record

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Year Event Location G-Rank Place
2022European ChampionshipsUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-43rd
Spanish OpenSpain La NuciaG-11st
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-11st
WT Presidents Cup - EuropeAlbania DurrësG-11st
2021Turkish OpenTurkey IstanbulG-11st
Bosnia Herzegovina OpenBosnia and Herzegovina SarajevoG-11st
2020WT Presidents Cup - EuropeSweden HelsingborgG-12nd
European Clubs ChampionshipsCroatia ZagrebG-12nd 
Fujairah OpenUnited Arab Emirates FujairahG-11st
German OpenGermany HamburgG-11st
2019World ChampionshipsUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-123rd
UniversiadeItaly NaplesG-41st 
Extra European ChampionshipsItaly BariG-43rd
WT Presidents Cup - EuropeTurkey AntalyaG-12nd
Dutch OpenNetherlands NijmegenG-12nd 
Belgian OpenBelgium LommelG-13rd 
US OpenUnited States Las VegasG-13rd 
Asian OpenVietnam Ho Chi Minh CityG-13rd 
2018European ChampionshipsRussia KazanG-41st
Grand PrixRussia MoscowG-42nd
Grand PrixChinese Taipei TaoyuanG-43rd 
Grand PrixUnited Arab Emirates FujairahG-83rd
Grand Slam - QualificationChina WuxiG-42nd
Turkish OpenTurkey IstanbulG-11st 
Egypt OpenEgypt AlexandriaG-11st 
Belgian OpenBelgium LommelG-11st 
Sofia OpenBulgaria SofiaG-11st 
WT Presidents Cup - EuropeGreece AthensG-11st 
2017Grand SlamChina WuxiG-123rd 
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-11st  
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-11st 
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-12nd  
Slovenia OpenSlovenia MariborG-12nd 
German OpenGermany HamburgG-12nd  
2016European ChampionshipsFrance MontreauxG-42nd 
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-11st  
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-12nd
Luxembourg OpenLuxembourg LuxembourgG-12nd
2015World ChampionshipsMorocco RabatG-123rd
Grand PrixRussia MoscowG-41st 
Grand PrixUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-43rd 
European U21 ChampionshipsRomania BucharestG-41st 
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-11st
Ukraine OpenUkraine KharkivG-11st 
Moldova OpenMoldova ChișinăuG-11st 
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-12nd
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-12nd 
2014Student World ChampionshipsChina HohhotG-121st 
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-11st 
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-13rd  
2013European U-21 ChampionshipsMoldova ChișinăuG-11st
2012World Junior ChampionshipsEgypt Sharm El-SheikhG-123rd
European U-21 ChampionshipsGreece AthensG-43rd 
German OpenGermany HamburgG-11st 
2011European Junior ChampionshipsCyprus PafosG-43rd
Spanish OpenSpain AlicanteG-11st 
German OpenGreece HamburgG-13rd  
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMexico TijuanaG-122nd 
2009European Cadets ChampionshipsCroatia ZagrebG-42nd

References

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  1. ↑ "Turkish taekwondo to kick up Paris Olympics notch with 5 athletes". Daily Sabah. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Nafia Kuş Aydın (+67 kg.)
  2. ↑ "Kus, Nafia". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sporcumuz Nafia Kuş kimdir?" (in Turkish). Kadınlar Bilir. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Nafia Kuş dünya ikincisi oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 26 July 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "3. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 1 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Durak, Onur Emre (27 September 2014). "İrem Yaman ile Berkcan Süngü, Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dutch Open: Winners from Turkey". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Moldova Açık Taekwondo Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bakan Kılıç, Milli Taekwondocu Nafia Kuş'u tebrik etti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "4. Altın Madalya Nafia Kuş'dan" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. Retrieved 19 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  11. ↑ "İrem Yaman Dünya şampiyonu..." Hürriyet (in Turkish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Hollanda'da 1 Altın, 3 Bronz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Almanya'da Madalyalar Şehitlerimize" (in Turkish). Türkiye Tarkwondo Federasyonu. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Nafia Kuş'tan altın madalya". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "[World Taekwondo] Türkiye at the double on day 4 of Baku 2023 World Taekwond".
  17. ↑ "Milli sporcu Nafia Kuş Aydın, üst üste ikinci kez dünya şampiyonu oldu!" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "2026 Avrupa Taekwondo ve Para Taekwondo Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Turkish Taekwondo Federation. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
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