07.09.2024 09:50
National athlete Hakan Akkaya, who competed in the wheelchair fencing discipline at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, won a bronze medal. This achievement became Turkey's first medal in the discipline of fencing in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our national athlete expressed great joy by saying "Allahu Akbar" after his success.
In the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, national athlete Hakan Akkaya, who competes in wheelchair fencing, won the bronze medal in the men's epee A category.
BRONZE MEDAL
National athlete Hakan Akkaya competed in the bronze medal match in the wheelchair fencing branch of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
His First Medal in Wheelchair Fencing
Hakan Akkaya defeated his opponent 15-13 in the match played at the Grand Palais and won the bronze medal. This medal is Turkey's first medal in wheelchair fencing.
MINISTER CONGRATULATES
Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak congratulated Hakan Akkaya, who won the bronze medal in wheelchair fencing, in a congratulatory message. In his message, Minister Bak used the words "I sincerely congratulate Hakan Akkaya, who won our first medal in wheelchair fencing in our history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games."