Sadi Gülçelik
Personal information | |
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Born | 22 October 1930 İstanbul, Turkey |
Died | 19 August 1980 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | (aged 49)
Nationality | Turkish |
Career history | |
Galatasaray Basketball | |
Karagücü | |
Modaspor | |
Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.
SadiGülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930.[1] He played for Galatasaray Volleyball and Galatasaray Basketball, which was nicknamed "The invincible Armada" (Turkish: Yenilmez Armada),[2] Gülçelik was also part of the basketball teams Karagücü and Modaspor.[3] He participated at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1][4] He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.[3]
He graduated from İstanbul Technical University as a civil engineer and established Enka Construction Co. with his brother-in-law Şarık Tara in 1957.[5]
Gülçelik died in an air disaster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 19 August 1980.[1]
A sports complex, Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, in Sarıyer, Istanbul is named in his honor.[3][6]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Sadi Gülçelik". Sports Reference/Okympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Yenilmez Armada 10. Kez Şampiyon" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ a b c Hiçyılmaz, Ergun (2010-09-12). "Oh be 'dünya' varmış'". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ "1924'den 1960'a olimpiyatta 7 takım". Zaman (in Turkish). 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). ENKA. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Spor Envanteri. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- 1929 births
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Istanbul Technical University alumni
- Turkish civil engineers
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- Turkish men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Turkey
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Turkish businesspeople
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Saudi Arabia
- 1980 deaths
- Turkish basketball biography stubs
- Turkish people stubs
- European business biography stubs