Çisel Ann Otts
| Çisel Ann Otts | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 11, 1994 Maryland, United States |
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb; 7 st 1 lb) |
| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Right |
| TBHBL team | Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor women's ice hockey |
| National team |  Turkey |
| Playing career | –present |
Çisel Ann Otts (born September 11, 1994) is a Turkish-American women's ice hockey player. Currently, she is a member of Genç Ankaralılar Spor Kulubü team in Ankara, Turkey playing in the defence position. She takes part in the Turkey women's national ice hockey team. She is 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at 45 kg (99 lb).[1][2]
Çisel Ann Otts was born to an American father and a Turkish mother in Maryland, United States on September 11, 1994.[1][3] At the age of eleven, her father died and she followed her mother to Kocaeli, Turkey.[3] She is a student of English Linguistics and Literature at Kocaeli University.[3]
Career
Otts began with ice hockey in Turkey when she was twelve years old.[3] She preferred this sport because she was much interested in ice skating, however she was not young enough to start a figure-skating career, as she told in a newspaper interview.[3] She added that she performs ice hockey as a hobby, because there is no possibility to become a professional ice hockey player unlike in the United States.[3]
Club
She plays in the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League for Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor team.[1] Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor Kulübü (2006-2014) Genç Ankaralılar (2014-...)
International
She was called up for the Turkey national team, and played in the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B qualification matches.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hockey - Çisel Ann Otts". Point Streak. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group B - Team Roster". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Tarcan, Pınar (2013-12-07). "Ne orak ne de süpürge bu bir hokey sopası!". Vatan (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "İşte 21 kişilik milli kadro!". İnternet Spor (in Turkish). 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2014-03-15.