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2005 Doha | Team |
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2007 Tokushima | Team |
Omar El Turk (in Arabic عمر الترك) (born September 30, 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese Canadian basketball player and member of the Lebanon national basketball team.
Immigrating to Canada, he played with Montreal, Quebec's Dawson College Blues. A 1.86 metres (6.1 ft) shooting guard, he signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League and has competed with the team for the last five seasons, helping the team become one of the strongest Lebanese sides.[1]
El Turk is also a long-time member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He has competed with the team at three Asian championships, helping the team to a silver medal at both the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and FIBA Asia Championship 2007.[2] He also competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for the Lebanese, who finished with a national-best 2-3 record at the tournament.[citation needed]
El Turk also played in Byblos Sporting Club [3]
El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers (Ali) and (Ayman) both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married to Yasmin Khalil and they have one daughter (Lea) and a son (Sam).[4]
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References
- ^ Profile at basketpedya.com
- ^ "FIBA Profile". Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ Eurobasket. "Omar El Turk Player Profile, Byblos Sporting Club, News, Stats - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ^ Al Mustaqbal: عمر الترك - لم ألعب ولن ألعب الا للقلعة الصفراء (in Arabic)
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