Neslihan Kavas

Neslihan Kavas

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 Eskişehir, Turkey
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Para table tennis
Club	Eskşehir Çağfen Spor Kulübü
Coached by	Vildan Şensöz
Medal record Women's table tennis (class 9) Representing  Turkey Paralympic Games 2012 London Individual 2012 London Team 2008 Beijing individual European Championships 2013 Italy Individual
Updated on 4 October 2013.

Neslihan Kavas (born 29 August 1987 in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish female para table tennis player of class 9 and Paralympian.^[1]

She represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won bronze by defeating Poland's Malgorzata Grzelak, three sets to nil (11–7, 11–4, 13–11).^[2]

Kavas took part at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and advanced to the final, at which she won the silver medal losing 2–3 to Chinese Lei Lina, champion of the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Furthermore, she was part of the Turkish team, which became silver medalist in the women's team class 6–10 event after losing to the team from China in the final.

She the gold medal in the women's single class 9 division at the 2013 ITTF European Para-Table Tennis Championships held in Lignano, Italy.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Turkey
2007	IPC European Championship	Slovakia	1st	individual
			3rd	team
2008	Summer Paralympics	Beijing, China	3rd	individual
2009	IPC European Championship	Italy	2nd	individual
			3rd	team
2010	IPC World Championship	South Korea	2nd	team
2011	IPC International Tournament	Slovenia	1st	individual
			3rd	team
	IPC European Championship		1st	individual
			1st	team
2012	Summer Paralympics	London, United Kingdom	2nd	individual
			2nd	team
2013	ITTF European Championships	Lignano, Italy	1st	individual

Notes