Mehmet Çetingöz Explained

Mehmet Çetingöz
Position:Center
League:Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League
Team:Beşiktaş JK
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:12 May 1991
Birth Place:Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Years1:2005–13
Team1:Şanlırfa Wheelchair

Mehmet Çetingöz (born May 12, 1991, in Şanlıurfa, Turkey)[1] is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player in center position. He is a 4 point player competing for Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball team. He is part of the Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team and captain of the U23 team.[2] [3]

Çetingöz became paralyzed at his right leg as a result of polio he contracted when he was four years of age. He began with wheelchair basketball with fourteen in a disabled sports club in Şanlıurfa.[3] [4]

After playing eight years for Şanlıurfa Wheelchair, he was transferred in August 2013 to Beşiktaş JK, which competes in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League.[3] [4]

Çetingöz became champion with the national junior team at the 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships held on April 17–23, 2013 in Dubai and was named Top Scorer.[5] [6]

Awards

Individual

National team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: urfacetingoz . netlog . Turkish . 2013-09-12 .
  2. News: Milliler rahat kazandı73-40 . . 2013-09-10 . Turkish . 2013-09-11 .
  3. News: Engelli genç azmiyle milli takıma kaptan oldu . TRT Spor . 2013-08-28 . Turkish . 2013-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130901171725/http://www.trtspor.com.tr/Haber.aspx?id=67343 . 2013-09-01 .
  4. News: Mehmet Çetingöz Beşiktaş'a transfer oldu. . Şanlıurfa Güncel . 2013-08-06 . Turkish . 2013-09-11 .
  5. News: Basketbol Milli Takımı'nda Şanlıurfalı Sayı Kralı . . 2013-04-29 . Turkish . 2013-09-12 . dead . https://archive.today/20130911220945/http://yerel.iha.com.tr/sanliurfa/39/basketbol-milli-takiminda-sanliurfali-sayi-krali/20130429AW000762 . 2013-09-11 .
  6. Web site: 5.nci FAZZA Uluslararası Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Şampiyonası Sonuçları . Türkiye Bedensel Engelller Spor Federasyonu . 2013-04-26 . Turkish . 2013-09-12 .