Cansu Akalın | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Born |
1998 (age 25–26) Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Konyaaltı Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Çankaya Bld. Anka GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Muratpaşa Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Kastamonu Bld. GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Konyaaltı Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cansu Akalın (born 1998) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as pivot for Konyaaltı Bld. SK in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey national team. [1]
Cansu Akalın was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1998. [2] She has a twin sister Selen. [3]
Akalın is 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). She plays in the pivot position. [4]
Cansu played seven seasons in her hometown club Çankaya Anka Bld. GSK together with her twin sister Selen, who is a goalkeeper. [3] She took part at the 2013–14 EHF Cup. [5]
For the 2016–17 Turkish Super League season, she went together with her sister to Antalya to join Muratpaşa Bld. SK. [3] She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season. [6] She played at the 2016–17 EHF Cup, [7] 2018–19 EHF Champions League, [8] 2018–19 EHF Cup, [9] 2019–20 EHF Cup, [10] and 2020–21 EHF European Cup. [11]
In the 2021–22 season, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld. GSK. [2] She played at the 2021–22 EHF Champions League. [2] [12]
In 2022, she signed a deal with the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld. SK, played at the 2022–23 EHF European Cup, [13] and experienced her team's champion title of the cup. [14] She was named Golden Seven ( Turkish: Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the Turkey Handball Federation. [15]
Akalın is a member of the Turkey national team. She took part at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches . [16] In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. [17]