Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.
Personal information | |
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Born | 22 October 1930 İstanbul, Turkey |
Died | 19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 49) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Nationality | Turkish |
Career history | |
Galatasaray Basketball | |
Karagücü | |
Modaspor | |
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]
Turkey squad – 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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