Sadi Gülçelik

Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur.

Sadi Gülçelik
Personal information
Born22 October 1930
İstanbul, Turkey
Died19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 49)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
NationalityTurkish
Career history
Galatasaray Basketball
Karagücü
Modaspor

SadiGülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930.[1] He played for Galatasaray Volleyball and Galatasaray Basketball, which was nicknamed "The invincible Armada" (Turkish: Yenilmez Armada),[2] Gülçelik was also part of the basketball teams Karagücü and Modaspor.[3] He participated at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1][4] He scored 206 points in total for the Turkey national basketball team.[3]

He graduated from İstanbul Technical University as a civil engineer and established Enka Construction Co. with his brother-in-law Şarık Tara in 1957.[5]

Gülçelik died in an air disaster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 19 August 1980.[1]

A sports complex, Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi, in Sarıyer, Istanbul is named in his honor.[3][6]

References
  1. "Sadi Gülçelik". Sports Reference/Okympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. "Yenilmez Armada 10. Kez Şampiyon" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. Hiçyılmaz, Ergun (2010-09-12). "Oh be 'dünya' varmış'". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  4. "1924'den 1960'a olimpiyatta 7 takım". Zaman (in Turkish). 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  5. "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). ENKA. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  6. "Enka Sadi Gülçelik Spor Sitesi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Spor Envanteri. Retrieved 2014-05-02.



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