Müjde Yüksel (born 9 March 1981) is a former Turkish female

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player. The national competitor played in the forward position. After Yüksel played for Migrosspor, she transferred to Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She played for two seasons with Fenerbahçe and won one Turkish Women's Basketball League championship, two Turkey Cup and one President's Cup title. Yüksel signed a contract with Beşiktaş J.K. for the 2005–06 season, then transferred to Mersin BŞB for the 2006–07 season. Yüksel played in the

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, which participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in

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where she won a

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. Upon earning her PhD from the Isenberg School of Management at the

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, Yuksel joined the Sawyer Business School at

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in August 2014 as an assistant professor of

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. In October 2015 Müjde married Clint Palermo in Harvard, Massachusetts. In November 2017 they had a baby.

External links

Player profile at eurobasket.net

1981 births Living people People from Kadıköy Turkish women's basketball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Beşiktaş women's basketball players Isenberg School of Management alumni Bahçeşehir University alumni Marmara University alumni Migrosspor basketball players Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi women's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Istanbul Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Suffolk University faculty {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub

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