Turkey's Paralympic judoists won three medals in the first day of the European Championships in Italy on Friday.

Turkey's Zeynep Çelik Aydın won a gold medal in the women's 57kg category while Recep Çiftçi claimed a silver medal in the men's 60kg and Ecem Tasin won a bronze medal in the women's 48kg category.

About 130 judoists from 18 countries compete in the Genova, Italy for the 2019 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Judo European Championships which started on Friday.