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Ecem Taşın
Personal information
Full nameEcem Çavdar Taşın
NationalityTurkish
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)
OccupationJudoka
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportPara judo
Disability classJ1
Weight class−48 kg
ClubEdirne Judo Olimpik Spor Kulübü
Achievements and titles
Paralympic Games 2016, 2024,
Medal record
Women's para judo
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro −48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris −48 kg J1
IBSA Judo World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku -48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Birmingham -48 kg
IBSA European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Walsall −48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Genoa −48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Odivelas −48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Eger −48 kg
European Para Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rotterdam –48 kg J1
Profile at external databases
IJF64986
JudoInside.com99804
Updated on 17 October 2024

Ecem Çavdar Taşın (born 20 January 1991) is a Turkish female visually impaired judoka (disability class B2) competing in the −48 kg division.[1][2] She won the bronze medal at the 2016 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Sport career

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Taşın studied sport management at Trakya University in Edirne, Turkey.[3] She started her sports career with athletics. After losing her eyesight at the age of 18, she stopped practicing athletics and later began to engage in judo.[4] She is a member of the Edirne Judo Olimpik Spor Kulübü and she is coached by Şengül Demiral.[2]

2010's

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In 2011, she participated at the IBSA World Games held in Antalya, Turkey and finished in 7th place.[5] Taşın captured a bronze medal at the 2013 IBSA European Judo Championships held in Eger, Hungary.[6]

She competed at the 2014 IBSA World Championships in Colorado Springs, USA and took 7th place.[7]

In February 2015, Taşın competed at the IBSA World Cup held in Eger, Hungary and took 7th place.[8] In May, she competed at the IBSA World Games in Seoul, South Korea and took 5th place.[9] In October, she took a bronze medal in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal, and so obtained a qıota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics. At the Paralympics, she won a bronze medal.[10]

In January 2017, she competed at the IBSA World Cup in Tashkent and secured the bronze medal.[11] In August of the same year, she won the silver medal at the IBSA European Championships held in Walsall, England.[12]

In 2018, Taşın secured 3rd place at the IBSA World Cup held in Antalya in April[13] and again at the same event held in Atyrau in September.[14] In November of the same year, she took 5th place at the IBSA World Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[15]

At the 2019 IBSA European Judo Championships in Genoa, Italy, she became bronze medalist.[16][17] In May 2019, she competed at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Baku and took the 5th place.[18] In 2021, she competed at the same event and won the gold medal.[19]

2020's

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Taşın participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan and she finished in the 7th place.[20] In the Paralympics, she got injured, tearing her cruciate ligaments.[4]

In 2022, she took the silver medal at the IBSA Judo World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.[21][22]

In January 2023, Taşın won the silver medal at the IBSA Grand Prix in Almada, Portugal.[23] In August, she won the silver medal at the European Para Championships held in Rotterdam, Netherlands and another silver medal at the IBSA World Championships held in Birmingham, England.[24]

She competed in the J1 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France and secured the bronze medal.[25]

Personal life

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Ecem Çavdar Taşın was born on January 20, 1991.[2] She had no visual impairment until the age of 18, but after that, she began to lose her eyesight and currently has 95% vision loss.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ecem Tasin -Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Ecem Taşın". Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Öğrencimiz Ecem Taşın'ın Başarısı" (in Turkish). Trakya Üniversitesi-Kırkpınar Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Kahyaoğlu, Bilal (19 December 2023). "Olimpiyatlara hazırlanan para milli judocunun hedefi engellilere ulaşmak". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ "4th IBSA World Championships and Games - Judo results" (PDF). IBSA. 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. ^ "2013 IBSA Judo European Championships and Junior World Games - Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. ^ "IBSA Judo World Championships 2014 - Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  8. ^ "IBSA Judo World Cup - Results, medal table and contest sheets" (PDF). IBSA. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  9. ^ "IBSA World Games and Judo World Championships 2015 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Paralimpik'te ilk madalya Ecem Taşın'dan geldi!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  11. ^ "IBSA Judo World Cup Tashkent 2017" (PDF). IBSA. 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  12. ^ "IBSA Judo European Championships 2017 - Results and Medal table" (PDF). IBSA. 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  13. ^ "IBSA Judo World Cup Antalya 2018 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  14. ^ "IBSA Judo World Cup Atyrau 2018 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  15. ^ "IBSA Judo World Championships - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  16. ^ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (29 July 2019). "Görme engelli judoculardan 6 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  17. ^ "IBSA Judo European Championships - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  18. ^ "IBSA Judo Grand Prix Baku 2019 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  19. ^ "IBSA Judo Grand Prix Baku 2021 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Ecem Taşın veda etti". TRT Spor. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Görme engelli milli judoculardan 2 altın, 2 gümüş". Fanatik (in Turkish). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  22. ^ "IBSA Judo World Championships Baku 2022 - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  23. ^ "IBSA Judo Grand-Prix Portugal 2023 - final results" (PDF). IBSA. 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  24. ^ "IBSA World Games and IBSA Judo World Championships - Final Results" (PDF). IBSA. 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  25. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (5 September 2024). "Milli sporcu Ecem Taşın Çavdar, Paris'te bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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