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Özgür Gürbulak (born 30 April 1981) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He is a 4 point player competing for Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.[1]
| No. 5 – Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1981 Izmir, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Özgür played in the national team, which qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
In the beginning of the 2008 season, Özgür Gürbulak transferred from Saran Anadolu team to Galatasaray, which became European champion.[3]
Gürbulak won the silver medal with the national team at the 2009 IWBF European Championship held in Adana, Turkey, and became "Top Scorer" of the tournament. He was awarded also "All-Star Team" member.[4]
He played in the national team, which ranked eight at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship held in Birmingham, United Kingdom .[5] He was the second top scorer of the championship with 23.13 average PPG following Reo Fujimoto (4.5) from Japan.[6]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the national team, he was part of, ranked 7th.
He won the silver medal again at the 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship held on 26 June – 8 July in Frankfurt, Germany.[7] He was also named to the "All-Star Team Men".[8]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Turkey | |||||
| 2009 | IWBF Champions Cup |  |
Galatasaray | ||
| IWBF European Championship | Adana, Turkey | |
national team | ||
| 2010 | WB World Championship | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 8th | national team | |
| 2011 | IWBF Champions Cup | |
Galatasaray | ||
| 2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 7th | national team | |
| 2013 | IWBF European Championship | Frankfurt, Germany | |
national team | |
| 2014 | WB World Championship | Incheon, South Korea |  |
national team | |
| 2015 | IWBF European Championship | Worcester, United Kingdom | |
national team | |
| 2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | national team | |
| 2017 | IWBF European Championship | Tenerife, Spain |  |
national team | |
- Individual
- 2009 IWBF European Championship -"Top Scorer"
- 2009 IWBF European Championship -"All-Star Team"
- 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
- 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
- 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship -"All-Star Team"
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