Nilay Kartaltepe (born 13 January 1979 in Bakırköy, Istanbul) is a former Turkish professional basketball player who played for a number of teams in the Turkish Basketball Super League throughout her career. After her retirement as a player, she was assigned as the Director of Women's National Teams of the Turkish Basketball Federation.

International career

She was the member of the national team, which won the

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

in Almería, Spain and the silver medal at EuroBasket 2011 in Poland.

Honors

Turkish Women's Basketball League The Women's Basketball Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL), also known as the Herbalife Nutrition Women's Basketball Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top women's professional basketball division of the Turkish wom ...

**Winners (4): 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 **Runners-up (1): 2010 *Turkish Cup **Winners (5): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 *Turkish Presidential Cup **Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007

Personal life

Nilay Kartaltepe is married to former national volleyball player

Cengizhan Kartaltepe Cengizhan Kartaltepe (born June 24, 1973 in Bandırma, Balıkesir) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 193 cm and plays as libero. He has been playing for Fenerbahçe SK since 2009 and wears the number 1. He played 151 times for the nati ...

since 2010.Nilay and Cengizhan's happy day
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References

External links

Profile at tbf.org.tr
1979 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Beşiktaş women's basketball players Botaş SK players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Olympic basketball players for Turkey Panküp TED Kayseri Koleji basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Istanbul Turkish women's basketball players Turkey women's national basketball team players {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub