Özgür Gürbulak

Özgür Gürbulak
No. 5 – Galatasaray
PositionForward
LeagueTurkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43)
Izmir, Turkey
NationalityTurkey Turkish
Medals
Wheelchair basketball
Representing  Turkey
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tenerife national team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Worcester national team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Frankfurt national team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Adana national team
IWBF Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Cup Galatasaray
Silver medal – second place 2009 Cup Galatasaray

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 2009 IWBF European Championship 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 Reo Fujimoto (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 26 June – 8 July in Frankfurt, Germany.[7] He was also named to the "All-Star Team Men".[8]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Turkey
2009 IWBF Champions Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galatasaray
IWBF European Championship Adana, Turkey 2nd place, silver medalist(s) national team
2010 WB World Championship Birmingham, United Kingdom 8th national team
2011 IWBF Champions Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galatasaray
2012 Summer Paralympics London, United Kingdom 7th national team
2013 IWBF European Championship Frankfurt, Germany 2nd place, silver medalist(s) national team
2014 WB World Championship Incheon, South Korea 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) national team
2015 IWBF European Championship Worcester, United Kingdom 2nd place, silver medalist(s) national team
2016 Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th national team
2017 IWBF European Championship Tenerife, Spain 1st place, gold medalist(s) national team

Awards

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Sporcular / Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol-Özgür Gürbulak" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Ozgur Gurbulak". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbolu-5 Özgür Gürbulak" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Results ECMA". IWBF. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Turkey". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Men's Individual Leading Stats". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Avrupa ikincisi milliler yurda döndü". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Milliler ikincilikte kaldı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 7 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.


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