Cemal Kütahya (6 December 1990 – 6 February 2023) was a Turkish handball player. He was captain of the Turkey national team.

Death

Kütahya died alongside his five-year-old son in Antakya when the complex he lived in,

Rönesans Rezidans Rönesans Rezidans (Renaissance Residence) was a residential building in Ekinci, Antakya. It was the first luxury apartment in Hatay Province. On 6 February 2023, it was destroyed as a result of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. The building ...

, collapsed in the

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 Time in Turkey, TRT (01:17 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), a 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was west–northwest of Gaziantep. The ear ...

. He was 32. His pregnant wife and his mother-in-law were trapped in the debris and have not been found.

References

1990 births 2023 deaths People from Antakya Turkish male handball players Victims of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub