Gülsüm Güleçyüz (born November 16, 1993) is a Turkish women's

handballer Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, and the Turkey national team. She plays in the right back position.

Playing career

Club

Gülsüm Güleçyüz plays right back for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, which competes in the

. Her team became league champion for two consecutive seasons in 2012–13, 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, her team lost the champion title in the play-offs. Güleçyüz played in the

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

matches of the 2013–14 season, in the Women's EHF Champions League of 2013–14 as well as in the Women's EHF Cup games ( 2014–15 and 2015–16). In June 2015, she renewed her contract with Muratpaşa Bld. Sk for one year.

International

Gülsüm Güleçyüz is part of the Turkey women's national handball team. She played in the

2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification The European qualification for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark was played over two rounds. The 2015 hosts Denmark were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 14 teams who we ...

, and

2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship. Qualification system The draw was held in Vienna, Austria on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 local time. Sweden as host nation was directly qualified. 32 teams had ...

matches.

Honours

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* Winners (2): 2012–13, 2013–14. * Runner-up (1): 2014–15.

References

1993 births People from Çorum Turkish female handball players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players Living people Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub