Aytaç Ercan (born December 21, 1976) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and

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. He is a

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competing for Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team. He became a

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survivor due to not having been vaccinated as an infant. Aytaç Ercan played in the national team, which qualified to the

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Sporting career

He began with wheelchair basketball playing in 1998 in the Istanbul Youth Disabled Sport Club. Following two champion titles earned in 1999 and 2000, he transferred to Istanbul Fatih Disabled Sport Club. In the beginning of 2003, he became a member of Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and was admitted to the national team. With the foundation of the Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team, Ercan signed with this team, and his team became already in its first season champion in the Second Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2006, Ercan transferred back to Beşiktaş. Aytaç Ercan was named MVP at the 2002 Malmö Open in

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. He became top scorer at an international tournament, and was selected to All Star Team at the 2006 Balkan Cup. Ercan played in the national team, which won the 2011

André Vergauwen Cup Results Titles by club Titles by country Medals (1977-2022) See also *Wheelchair basketball *IWBF Champions Cup *Willi Brinkmann Cup *IWBF Challenge Cup *Kitakyushu Champions Cup The Kitakyushu Champions Cup commemorates the 2002 Gold Cu ...

. At the

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, the national team, he was part of, ranked 7th.

Achievements

References

1976 births Living people Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Turkey Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball players Centers (basketball) Polio survivors {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub