Mehmet Çetingöz (born May 12, 1991, in

Şanlıurfa Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features ext ...

, Turkey) 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 in

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position. He is a

4 point player 4-point player is a disability sport classification for wheelchair basketball. Players in this class have normal trunk function but have a reduced level of functioning in one or both of their lower limbs. They may have difficulty with sideways mov ...

competing for Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball team. He is part of the Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team and captain of the U23 team. Çetingöz became paralyzed at his right leg as a result of

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he contracted when he was four years of age. He began with wheelchair basketball with fourteen in a disabled sports club in

. After playing eight years for Şanlıurfa Wheelchair, he was transferred in August 2013 to

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, which competes in the

Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League The Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Süper Ligi, TTSB Süper Ligi) is the top-flight professional league for wheelchair basketball teams in Turkey with men and women players. Established in 19 ...

. Çetingöz became champion with the national junior team at the 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships held on April 17–23, 2013 in

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and was named ''Top Scorer''.

Awards

Individual

* ''5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships - "Top Scorer"''

National team

* 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships - with national junior team

References

1991 births Sportspeople from Şanlıurfa Living people Turkish men's wheelchair basketball players Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball players People with polio Centers (basketball) {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub