Cansu Akalın

Cansu Akalın
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 Representing  Turkey Women's Handball Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Team

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]

Personal life

Cansu Akalın was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1998.[2] She has a twin sister Selen.[3]

Club career

Akalın is 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). She plays in the pivot position.[4]

Çankaya Bld. Anka GSK

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 in the 2013–14 EHF Cup.[5]

Muratpaşa Bld. SK

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 in 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]

Kastamonu Bld. GSK

In the 2021–22 season, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.[2] She played in the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[2][12]

Konyaaltı Bld. SK

In 2022, she signed a deal with the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld. SK, played in 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]

International career

Akalın is a member of the Turkey national team. She took part in 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]

Honours

Individual

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

Golden Seven member (1): 2022–223 (Konyaaltı Bld. SK)

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

Muratpaşa Bld. SK

Champion (1): 2017–18

Runner-up (1): 2018–19

Kastamonu Bld. SK

Champion (1): 2021–22

Women's EHF European Cup

Konyaaltı Bld. S

Champion (1): 2022–23

International

Turkey women's national handball team

Islamic Solidarity Games

Champion (1): 2021.

References

1. "Cansu Akalın" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
2. "Cansu Akalın dikkatleri üstüne çekti". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
3. Yıldırım, Tolga (17 September 2016). "Hentbolun ikiz melekleri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
4. "Akalın, Cansu". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
5. "2013/14 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Cankaya Bel. Anka Spor K 22:34 U Jolidon Cluj". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
6. "Muratpaşa'da Cansu Akalın yuvada kaldı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
7. "2016/17 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Muratpasa Belediyesi SK 20:3 Randers HK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
8. "2018/19 DELO Women's EHF Champions – HC Podravka Vegeta 3:22 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
9. "2018/19 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – H 65 Höörs H K 31:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
10. "2019/20 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – A.C. PAOK 32:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
11. "2020/21 Women's EHF European Cup Match Details -PF Cassano Magnago 0:10 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
12. "2021–22 EHF CL Women – Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
13. "2022–23 EHF EC Women – Antalya Konyaalti BSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
14. "Antalya win EHF European Cup". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
15. "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi sezon istatistikleri yayımlandı". Habertürk. 20 April 2023.
16. "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, İsveç'e 33–21 mağlup oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
17. "Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.