Lebanese Canadian basketball player (born 1981)
Omar El Turk (in Arabic عمر الترك) (born September 30, 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese Canadian basketball player and member of the Lebanon national basketball team.
El Turk is also a long-time member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He has competed with the team at three Asian championships, helping the team to a silver medal at both the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and FIBA Asia Championship 2007.[1] He also competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for the Lebanese, who finished with a national-best 2-3 record at the tournament.[citation needed]
El Turk also played in Byblos Sporting Club [2]
El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married to Yasmin Khalil and they have two children.[3]
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