Nationality Turkey Height 1.8 m Role Basketball Player | Name Mujde Yuksel Positions Basketball positions | |
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Born March 9, 1981 (age 43)
Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey ( 1981-03-09 ) | ||
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Müjde Yüksel (born 9 March 1981 in Kadıköy, İstanbul) was a Turkish female basketball player. The 1.80 m (5' 11") national competitor played in the forward position.
After Yüksel played for Migrosspor, she transferred to Fenerbahçe İstanbul. She played for two seasons with Fenerbahçe and won one Turkish Women's Basketball League championship, two Turkey Cup and one President’s Cup title. Yüksel signed a contract with Beşiktaş J.K. for the 2005-06 season, then transferred to Mersin BŞB for the 2006-07 season.
Yüksel played in the national team, which participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain where she won a gold medal.
Upon earning her PhD from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yuksel joined the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in August 2014 as an assistant professor of Marketing.