Sadi Gülçelik

Sadi Gülçelik

Personal information
Born	22 October 1930 Istanbul, Turkey
Died	19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 49) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality	Turkish
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.[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^[broken anchor] in Helsinki, Finland.[1][4] He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.[3]

He graduated from Istanbul 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]

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.