Serap Yücesir (*18 March 1973 in

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) is a former Turkish female basketball player. The national competitor played in the

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position. She started basketball in her age of 13 with Bayraklıspor in

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and played later for Urla Gençlik. Yücesir moved to Fenerbahçe İstanbul in 1990, where she played 13 seasons long. She transferred then to Galatasaray Medical Park, but returned to her previous club after one season. The

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won 12 championship titles. After playing for Istanbul University, she transferred in the season 2007–2008 to

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team Panküp TED Kayseri College. After ending her active sports career, she serves together with her former teammate Arzu Özyiğit as trainer in a women's basketball school in

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, Istanbul. Yücesir played in the

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winning

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at the

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. Yücesir studied

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, although she had not been able to perform her profession because of basketball, she has now been running her own community pharmacy in Maltepe,

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. She is married with a son.

Achievements with Fenerbahçe

;Turkish Championship *Winners (4): 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 ;Turkish Federation Cup *Winners (6): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 ;Turkish Super Cup *Winners (5): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005

References

1973 births Living people Turkish women's basketball players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Turkish pharmacists Sportspeople from Kars Power forwards Istanbul University alumni Women pharmacists 21st-century pharmacists {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub

Achievements with Fenerbahçe

See also

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