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Özgür Gürbulak

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Nationality
  
Turkish

Positions
  
Basketball positions

Role
  
Basketball Player

Name
  
Ozgur Gurbulak

- 2008
  
Saran Anadolu


League
  
Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League

Born
  
April 30, 1981 (age 42) Izmir, Turkey (
1981-04-30
)

Özgür Gürbulak vs Muratcan Güler I Düello


Özgür Gürbulak (born April 30, 1981 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He is a 4 point player competing for Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.

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Özgür played in the national team, which qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career history

In the beginning of the 2008 season, Özgür Gürbulak transferred from Saran Anadolu team to Galatasaray, which became European champion.

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.

He played in the national team, which ranked eight at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship held in Birmingham, United Kingdom . He was the second top scorer of the championship with 23.13 average PPG following Reo Fujimoto (4.5) from Japan.

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. He was also named to the "All-Star Team Men".

Awards

Individual
  • 2009 IWBF European Championship -"Top Scorer"
  • 2009 IWBF European Championship -"All-Star Team"
  • 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
  • 2015 IWBF European Championship -"All-Star Team"
  • References

    Özgür Gürbulak Wikipedia