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Sadi Gülçelik
Personal information
Born22 October 1930
Istanbul, Turkey
Died19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 49)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
NationalityTurkish
Career history
Galatasaray Basketball
Karagücü
Modaspor

Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.

Biography

Sadi Gülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930. He played for Galatasaray Volleyball and Galatasaray Basketball, which was nicknamed "The invincible Armada" (Turkish: Yenilmez Armada). Gülçelik was also part of the basketball teams Karagücü and Modaspor. He participated at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.

He graduated from Istanbul Technical University as a civil engineer and established Enka Construction Co. with his brother-in-law Şarık Tara in 1957.

Gülçelik died in an air disaster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 19 August 1980.

A sports complex, Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, in Sarıyer, Istanbul, is named in his honor.

References

  1. ^ "Sadi Gülçelik". Sports Reference/Okympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  2. "Yenilmez Armada 10. Kez Şampiyon" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ^ Hiçyılmaz, Ergun (12 September 2010). "Oh be 'dünya' varmış'". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  4. "1924'den 1960'a olimpiyatta 7 takım". Zaman (in Turkish). 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). ENKA. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  6. "Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Spor Envanteri. Retrieved 2 May 2014.


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