Kübra Akman
Appearance
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Kübra Akman [1] | ||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||
Born | İznik, Turkey | 13 October 1994||||
Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||
Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||
Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Current club | Türk Hava Yolları | ||||
Number | 6 | ||||
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Kübra Akman (born 13 October 1994), also known as Kübra Çalışkan, is a Turkish professional volleyball player.[2]
Career
[edit]She played for Nilüfer Belediyespor before she transferred in 2012 to VakıfBank Türk Telekom.[3] Akman was a member of the girls' youth national team and the women's junior national team. She wears number 3.[4]
Akman won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[5] Three years later she won the bronze medal at the 2016 Club World Championship with the same club.[6]
Awards
[edit]National team
[edit]- 2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship - Gold
- 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival - Bronze
- 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship - Gold
- 2014 Women's European Volleyball League - Gold
- 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship - Silver
- 2015 European Games - champion
- 2017 European Championship - Bronze Medal
- 2019 European Championship - Silver Medal
- 2021 Nations League - Bronze Medal
- 2023 Nations League - Gold Medal
- 2023 European Championship – Gold Medal
Clubs
[edit]- 2013 Club World Championship - Gold, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2016 Club World Championship - Bronze, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017–18 Turkish League - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
- 2020 Turkish Super Cup - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank S.K.
- 2021–22 Turkish League - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2021–22 CEV Champions League - Gold, with VakıfBank Istanbul
Individuals
[edit]- 2014 Women's European Volleyball League Most Valuable Player
- 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship Best Middle Blocker
- 2017 FIVB Women's Club World Championship 2nd Best Middle Blocker
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kübra Akman - Player Info
- ^ Tosun, Raşit. "Dünya Şampiyonu Bir Takımda İznik'li; Kübra Akman". Tarafsız (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "VakıfBank genç yıldız Kübra Akman'ı transfer etti" (in Turkish). Voleybolun Sesi. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Genç kızlar Avrupa şampiyonu". Beyaz Gazete (in Turkish). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "VAKIFBANK ADD BRONZE TO CLUB WORLDS MEDALS COLLECTION". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kübra Akman.
- Kübra Akman at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Kubra Akman Caliskan at WorldofVolley
- Kubra Caliskan at Olympics.com
- Kubra Caliskan at NBC Olympics
- Kübra Akman at Olympedia (archive)
- Kübra Akman at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Kübra Akman at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
Categories:
- 1994 births
- People from İznik
- Sportspeople from Bursa Province
- Living people
- Turkish women's volleyball players
- VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
- Nilüfer Belediyespor volleyballers
- Türk Hava Yolları volleyballers
- European Games gold medalists for Turkey
- European Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- Turkey women's international volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Turkey
- Middle blockers
- Turkish volleyball biography stubs