Özgür Gürbulak
No. 5 – Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Izmir, Turkey | 30 April 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Özgür Gürbulak (born 30 April 1981) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He is a 4 point player competing for Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.[1]
Özgür played in the national team, which qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Career history[]
In the beginning of the 2008 season, Özgür Gürbulak transferred from Saran Anadolu team to Galatasaray, which became European champion.[3]
Gürbulak won the silver medal with the national team at the held in Adana, Turkey, and became "Top Scorer" of the tournament. He was awarded also "All-Star Team" member.[4]
He played in the national team, which ranked eight at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship held in Birmingham, United Kingdom .[5] He was the second top scorer of the championship with 23.13 average PPG following (4.5) from Japan.[6]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the national team, he was part of, ranked 7th.
He won the silver medal again at the 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship held on June 26-July 8 in Frankfurt, Germany.[7] He was also named to the "All-Star Team Men".[8]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Turkey | |||||
2009 | IWBF Champions Cup | Galatasaray | |||
Adana, Turkey | national team | ||||
2010 | WB World Championship | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 8th | national team | |
2011 | IWBF Champions Cup | Galatasaray | |||
2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 7th | national team | |
2013 | IWBF European Championship | Frankfurt, Germany | national team | ||
2014 | WB World Championship | Incheon, South Korea | national team | ||
2015 | IWBF European Championship | Worcester, United Kingdom | national team | ||
2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | national team | |
2017 | IWBF European Championship | Tenerife, Spain | national team |
Awards[]
- Individual
- -"Top Scorer"
- -"All-Star Team"
- 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
- 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
- 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
References[]
- ^ a b "Sporcular / Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol-Özgür Gürbulak" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ^ "Ozgur Gurbulak". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ^ "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbolu-5 Özgür Gürbulak" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ^ "Results ECMA". IWBF. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Turkey". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ^ "Men's Individual Leading Stats". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ^ "Avrupa ikincisi milliler yurda döndü". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "Milliler ikincilikte kaldı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from İzmir
- Turkish men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of Turkey
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Forwards (basketball)
- Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players
- Turkish basketball biography stubs