Mehmet Çetingöz (born May 12, 1991, in

Şanlıurfa Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about east of the Eup ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish

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player who plays the center position. He is a

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

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, which he contracted at the age of four. He began playing wheelchair basketball at the age of fourteen in a disabled sports club in

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

Beşiktaş JK Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

, which competes in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League. Çetingöz became champion with the national junior team at the 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships held from April 17 to 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 Centers (basketball) 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub