Mine Ercan (born November 26, 1987) is a Turkish female

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player in Guard position. The 4-point player is the captain of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.

Early life

Mine Ecan was born on November 26, 1987. She began playing wheelchair basketball by December 2006. She is a

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position.

Career

Club

Currently, Mine Ercan is playing in the Aydın ESK, the wheelchair basketball team of the sports club for disabled people in

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, western Turkey. With her national teammate Ebru Gökşen, the two are only female members of the men's team. Her team competes in the First League (TSB1L), the second division league of

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. Im 2015, she won the first prize of the women's category, along with two teammates from the national team, Zümeyran Tekçe and Maşide Cesur, at the traditional "Wheelchair

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" tournament organized by the

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Municipality in

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. She was named to the All-star team as the only woman among the male sportspeople at the 2017 International Wheelchair Basketball tournament held in

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International

Mine Ercan was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team early 2007, only 3–4 months after she began her sports career. She took part at the European Women's Wheelchair Basketball Championships in 2007, 2015 and 2017. Currently, she serves as the captain of the national team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ercan, Mine 1987 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish women's wheelchair basketball players