Nafia Kuş Aydın (born 20 February 1995) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships and 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.
Career Kuş is a native of Adana, Turkey. She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana.
In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China. She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014, and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in Antalya, and Moldova Open in Chișinău.
She won the gold medal at the 1st ETU European Championships Olympic weight categories held in Nalchik, Russia in 2015. Nafia Kuş won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia. She won the gold medal in the +73 kg division at the 2015 Dutch Open Tournament in Eindhoven. At the 2020 German Open Tournament in Hamburg, she became gold medalist in the +73 kg division. Kuş took the gold medal in the -73 kg division at the 8th Turkish Open Tournament held in Istanbul.
She won the gold medal in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Nafia Kuş won the gold medal at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the women's +73 kg, defeating Greek athlete Paraskevi Ntemogianni in the first round, Reba Stewart from Australia in the second round, Gloria Mosquera from Colombia in the quarterfinals and Russian athlete Kristina Adebaio in the semifinals. In the +73 kg final, she fought with Uzbek last world champion Svetlana Osipova. Nafia Kuş, who also defeated Svetlana Osipova, won the gold medal and became the world champion.
Tournament record + Year Event Location G-Rank Place2022European Championships Manchester G-4 3rdSpanish Open La Nucia G-1 1stTurkish Open Antalya G-1 1stWT Presidents Cup - Europe Durrës G-1 1st2021Turkish Open Istanbul G-1 1stBosnia Herzegovina Open Sarajevo G-1 1st2020WT Presidents Cup - Europe Helsingborg G-1 2ndEuropean Clubs Championships Zagreb G-1 2nd Fujairah Open Fujairah G-1 1stGerman Open Hamburg G-1 1st2019World Championships Manchester G-12 3rdUniversiade Naples G-4 1st Extra European Championships Bari G-4 3rdWT Presidents Cup - Europe Antalya G-1 2ndDutch Open Nijmegen G-1 2nd Belgian Open Lommel G-1 3rd US Open Las Vegas G-1 3rd Asian Open Ho Chi Minh City G-1 3rd 2018European Championships Kazan G-4 1stGrand Prix Moscow G-4 2ndGrand Prix Taoyuan G-4 3rd Grand Prix Fujairah G-8 3rdGrand Slam - Qualification Wuxi G-4 2ndTurkish Open Istanbul G-1 1st Egypt Open Alexandria G-1 1st Belgian Open Lommel G-1 1st Sofia Open Sofia G-1 1st WT Presidents Cup - Europe Athens G-1 1st 2017Grand Slam Wuxi G-12 3rd European Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 1st Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 1st Turkish Open Antalya G-1 2nd Slovenia Open Maribor G-1 2nd German Open Hamburg G-1 2nd 2016European Championships Montreaux G-4 2nd European Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 1st Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 2ndLuxembourg Open Luxembourg G-1 2nd2015World Championships Rabat G-12 3rdGrand Prix Moscow G-4 1st Grand Prix Manchester G-4 3rd European U21 Championships Bucharest G-4 1st Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 1stUkraine Open Kharkiv G-1 1st Moldova Open Chișinău G-1 1st Turkish Open Antalya G-1 2ndEuropean Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 2nd 2014Student World Championships Hohhot G-12 1st European Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 1st Turkish Open Antalya G-1 3rd 2013European U-21 Championships ChișinăuG-1 1st2012World Junior Championships Sharm El-Sheikh G-12 3rdEuropean U-21 Championships Athens G-4 3rd German Open Hamburg G-1 1st 2011European Junior Championships Pafos G-4 3rdSpanish Open Alicante G-1 1st German Open Hamburg G-1 3rd 2010World Junior Championships TijuanaG-12 2nd 2009European Cadets Championships ZagrebG-4 2nd
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Nafia Kus Aydin at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)