Aytaç Ercan (born 21 December 1976) is a Turkish
wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...
player and
Paralympian. He is a
4 point player competing for
Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and is part of
Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.
He became a
polio
Poliomyelitis ( ), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe ...
survivor due to not having been vaccinated as an infant.
Aytaç Ercan played in the national team, which qualified to the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Sporting career
He began with wheelchair basketball playing in 1998 in the Istanbul Youth Disabled Sport Club. Following two champion titles earned in 1999 and 2000, he transferred to Istanbul Fatih Disabled Sport Club. In the beginning of 2003, he became a member of
Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and was admitted to the national team. With the foundation of the
Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team, Ercan signed with this team, and his team became already in its first season champion in the Second Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2006, Ercan transferred back to Beşiktaş.
Aytaç Ercan was named
MVP
MVP most commonly refers to:
* Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition
* Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering
MVP may also refer to:
...
at the 2002 Malmö Open in
Sweden
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. He became top scorer at an international tournament, and was selected to All Star Team at the 2006 Balkan Cup. Ercan played in the national team, which won the 2011
André Vergauwen Cup.
At the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...
, the national team, he was part of, ranked 7th.
Achievements
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Turkish men's wheelchair basketball players
Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players
Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball players
Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Turkey
Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Basketball players from Istanbul
Centers (basketball)
Polio survivors
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