| Hüseyin Alkan | |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Birth Date: | 1988 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
| Sport: | Goalball |
| Event: | class B1 |
| Club: | Erzurum Visually Impaired People Sports Club |
| Coach: | Latif Barakçı |
| Updated: | 4 September 2012 |
Hüseyin Alkan (born 1 April 1988, in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian.[1]
He lost his eyesight at the age of 19 as a result of workplace accident.[2]
A member of Erzurum Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Alkan played in Turkey's national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which became bronze medalist.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | team | |
| 2010 | IBSA European Goalball Championship | Assens, Denmark | 3rd | team[3] | |
| 2011 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Ghent, Belgium | 3rd | team | |
| IBSA World Championships and Games | Antalya, Turkey | 2nd | team | ||
| Goalball UK Elite Tournament | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 1st | team | ||
| 2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | national team | |