Serap Yücesir

Serap Yücesir (*18 March 1973 in Kars, Turkey) is a former Turkish female basketball player.[1] The 1.91 m (6' 3") national competitor played in the power forward position.[2]

Serap Yücesir
Fenerbahçe Istanbul (15 seasons: 1990-2003, 2004-2006)
PositionPower forward
LeagueTurkish Women's Basketball League-Euroleague Women
Personal information
Born (1973-03-18) March 18, 1973
Kars, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
Playing career1990–2008
Career history
2007-2008Panküp TED Kayseri College
2006-2007Istanbul University
2004-2006Fenerbahçe Istanbul
2003-2004Galatasaray Medical Park
1990-2003Fenerbahçe Istanbul

She started basketball in her age of 13 with Bayraklıspor in İzmir and played later for Urla Gençlik. Yücesir moved to Fenerbahçe İstanbul in 1990, where she played 13 seasons long. She transferred then to Galatasaray Medical Park, but returned to her previous club after one season. The captain won 12 championship titles. After playing for Istanbul University, she transferred in the season 2007-2008 to Turkish Women's Basketball League team Panküp TED Kayseri College. After ending her active sports career, she serves together with her former teammate Arzu Özyiğit as trainer in a women's basketball school in Kartal, Istanbul.[3][4][5]

Yücesir played in the gold medal winning national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.

Yücesir studied pharmacy, although she had not been able to perform her profession because of basketball, she has now been running her own community pharmacy in Maltepe, Istanbul.[6] She is married with a son.

Achievements with Fenerbahçe
Turkish Championship
  • Winners (4): 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006
Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners (6): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
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See also

References
  1. Aras, Yaprak (10 April 2005). "En iyi kadın basketbol takımı en başarısız erkekleri yenemez". MİLLİYET (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. "Serap Yücesir (Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul)". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  3. "Biz Kimiz? Asİstanbull Spor Kulübü – Basketbol Okulları" (in Turkish). AsIstanbul. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  4. "Serap Yücesir TED Kayseri Klj.'nde" (in Turkish). 2007-10-30. Archived from the original on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  5. "Panküp TED Kayseri, Apollon'u Farklı Yendi" (in Turkish). Kanka.net. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  6. "Serap'ın Pozitif Eczanesi" (in Turkish). Fenebahçe. 2005-11-17. Retrieved 2011-04-02.


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