Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu (born February 26, 1985), a 5' 7" guard, is a
Turkish American
Turkish Americans () or American Turks are Americans of ethnic Turkish origin. The term "Turkish Americans" can therefore refer to ethnic Turkish immigrants to the United States, as well as their American-born descendants, who originate eith ...
women's
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
player at
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...
in
California
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, US. Her sister,
Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu
Şebnem Nehazat Kimyacıoğlu (born June 14, 1983) is a Turkish-American player in the Turkish Women's Basketball Team. She is an alumnus from Pinewood High School in California and graduated from Stanford before returning to Turkey. Şebnem's si ...
, plays professionally for
Turkish club
Beşiktaş J.K., and for the Turkish national team. Kimyacıoğlu is a
Pinewood High School alum having graduated in 2003, two years after her sister. She was born to
Turkish parents in
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the population was 82,376 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mountain V ...
. She is majoring in mechanical engineering at Santa Clara.
Stanford statistics
Source
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Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in Athletics (sport), athletics, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participati ...
References
External links
Yasemin's Statistics
1985 births
Living people
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from Santa Clara County, California
Sportspeople from Mountain View, California
American sportspeople of Turkish descent
Santa Clara University alumni
Shooting guards
21st-century American women
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