Mehmet Çetingöz

Turkish wheelchair basketballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroTurkish wheelchair basketballer
PlacesTurkey
isAthlete Basketball player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth12 May 1991, Şanlıurfa
Age33 years
Star signTaurus
The details

Biography

Mehmet Çetingöz (born May 12, 1991 in Şanlıurfa, Turkey) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player in center position. He is a 4 point player competing for Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball team. He is part of the Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team and captain of the U23 team.
Çetingöz became paralyzed at his right leg as a result of polio he contracted when he was four years of age. He began with wheelchair basketball with fourteen in a disabled sports club in Şanlıurfa.
After playing eight years for Şanlıurfa Wheelchair, he was transferred in August 2013 to Beşiktaş JK, which competes in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League.
Çetingöz became champion with the national junior team at the 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships held on April 17–23, 2013 in Dubai and was named Top Scorer.

Awards

Individual

  • 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships - "Top Scorer"

National team

  • 5th Fazza International Wheelchair Basketball Championships - 01 ! with national junior team

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