Ferit Gümüş (born 1 January 1981) is a Turkish

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

player and

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

. He is a 3 point player competing for

Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in 2.200-seat arena, called the Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall. History Galatasaray Wheelc ...

, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team. Ferit played in the national team, which qualified to the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

Career history

He played in the

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, which ranked eight at the

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held in Birmingham, Great Britain from 7 to 17 July 2010. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held. The Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. ...

held in

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. At the

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

Achievements

References

1981 births Living people People from Kızıltepe Turkish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Turkey Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball players Forwards (basketball) {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub