Cansu Akalın

Cansu Akalın
Personal information
Born (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Adasokağı
Number 8
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2016
 Çankaya Bld. Anka
2016–2021
 Muratpaşa Bld.
2021–2022
 Kastamonu Bld.
2022–2023
 Konyaaltı Bld.
2023–2024
 Kastamonu Bld.
2024–
 Adasokağı
National team
Years Team
 Turkey
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Handball
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya Team

Cansu Akalın (born 25 August 1998) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as pivot for Adasokağı in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey national team.[1]

Personal life

Cansu Akalın was born in Ankara, Turkey on 125 August998.[2][3]

Her twin sister, Selen Akalın, is a handball goalkeeper and national team member.[4][5]

Club career

Akalın is 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). She plays in the pivot position.[6]

Çankaya Bld. Anka

Cansu played seven seasons in her hometown club Çankaya Anka Bld. GSK together with her twin sister Selen, who is a goalkeeper.[4] She took part in the 2013–14 EHF Cup.[7]

Muratpaşa Bld.

For the 2016–17 Turkish Super League season, she went together with her sister to Antalya to join Muratpaşa Bld. SK.[4] She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season.[8] She played in the 2016–17 EHF Cup,[9] 2018–19 EHF Champions League,[10] 2018–19 EHF Cup,[11] 2019–20 EHF Cup,[12] and 2020–21 EHF European Cup.[13]

Kastamonu Bld.

In the 2021–22 season, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld..[2] She played in the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[2][14]

Konyaaltı Bld.

In 2022, she signed a deal with the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld., played in the 2022–23 EHF European Cup,[15] and experienced her team's champion title of the cup.[16] She was named Golden Seven (Turkish: Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the Turkey Handball Federation.[17]

Kastamonu Bld.

After one season, she returned to her former club Kastamonu Bld. in the 2023–24 Super League season.[18]

Adasokağı

She transferred to the Adana-based club Adasokağı for the 2024–25 Super League season.[19] Her team became runner-up defeated by defending champion Yalaıkavak in the play-off finals by 3-1.[20]

International career

Akalın is a member of the Turkey national team. She took part in the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches .[21] In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[22]

Honours

Individual

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Golden Seven member (1): 2022–23 (Konyaaltı Bld.)

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Champions (2): 2017–18 (Muratpaşa Bld.), 2021–22 (Kastamonu Bld.)
Runners-up (3): 2018–19 (Muratpaşa Bld.), 2022–23 (Konyaaltı Bld.), 2024–25 (Adasokağı)
Turkish Women's Handball Super Cup
Winners (2): 2018 (Muratpaşa Bld.), 2021 (Kastamonu Bld.)
Runners-up (3): 2019 (Muratpaşa Bld.), 2022 (Konyaaltı Bld.), 2023 (Kastamonu Bld.)
Turkish Women's Handball Cup
Winners (1): 2021–22 (Kastamonu Bld.)
EHF Women's European Cup
Winners (1): 2022–23 (Konyaaltı Bld.)

International

Turkey women's national handball team
Champions (1): 2021 (Islamic Solidarity Games)

References

  1. ^ "Cansu Akalın" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Cansu Akalın dikkatleri üstüne çekti". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Cansu Akalın". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Yıldırım, Tolga (17 September 2016). "Hentbolun ikiz melekleri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Türkiye-Büyük Britanya maçında dostluk rüzgarları eserken, ikiz kız kardeşler milli forma giydi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Akalın, Cansu". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. ^ "2013/14 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Cankaya Bel. Anka Spor K 22:34 U Jolidon Cluj". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Muratpaşa'da Cansu Akalın yuvada kaldı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ "2016/17 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – Muratpasa Belediyesi SK 20:3 Randers HK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ^ "2018/19 DELO Women's EHF Champions – HC Podravka Vegeta 3:22 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. ^ "2018/19 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – H 65 Höörs H K 31:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  12. ^ "2019/20 Women's EHF Cup Match Details – A.C. PAOK 32:25 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  13. ^ "2020/21 Women's EHF European Cup Match Details -PF Cassano Magnago 0:10 Muratpasa Belediyesi SK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. ^ "2021–22 EHF CL Women – Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  15. ^ "2022–23 EHF EC Women – Antalya Konyaalti BSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Antalya win EHF European Cup". Euro Handball. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi sezon istatistikleri yayımlandı". Habertürk. 20 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Kastamonu Belediyesi - Cansu Akalın" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Adasokağı - Cansu Akalın" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde Şampiyon Armada Praxis Yalıkavak oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 20 May 2025. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  21. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, İsveç'e 33–21 mağlup oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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