Serap Yücesir

Serap Yücesir
Position Power forward
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
League Turkish Women's Basketball League-Euroleague Women
Team Fenerbahçe Istanbul (15 seasons: 1990-2003, 2004-2006)
Born March 18, 1973 (1973-03-18) (age 38)
Kars, Turkey
Nationality  Turkey
Pro career 1990–2008
Career history Panküp TED Kayseri College (2007-2008)
Istanbul University (2006-2007)
Galatasaray Medical Park (2003-2004)

Serap Yücesir (born March 18, 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]

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 Isanbul 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
Turkish Federation Cup
Turkish Super Cup

References

  1. ^ Aras, Yaprak (10 April 2005). "En iyi kadın basketbol takımı en başarısız erkekleri yenemez" (in Turkish). MİLLİYET. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2005/04/10/cumartesi/acum.html. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Serap Yücesir (Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul)". FIBA Europe. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_2025.compID_OCoXF,X2GnIksM-Vy1WIA1.season_1998.roundID_1614.playerID_10970.htmll. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  3. ^ "Biz Kimiz? Asİstanbull Spor Kulübü – Basketbol Okulları" (in Turkish). AsIstanbul. http://asistanbull.wordpress.com/biz-kimiz/. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  4. ^ "Serap Yücesir TED Kayseri Klj.'nde" (in Turkish). 2007-10-30. http://www.basketbolseverler.com/tbfweb/basketbolseverler/basketbols.nsf/0/611853004CA7F7E8C22573840052DD96?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  5. ^ "Panküp TED Kayseri, Apollon'u Farklı Yendi" (in Turkish). Kanka.net. 2007-11-20. http://forum.kanka.net/showthread.php?t=488693. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  6. ^ "Serap’ın Pozitif Eczanesi" (in Turkish). Fenebahçe. 2005-11-17. http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=1889. Retrieved 2011-04-02.