Omar El Turk
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's basketball | ||
Representing  Lebanon
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| FIBA Asia Championship | ||
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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.
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.[1] 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 [2]
El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married to Yasmin Khalil and they have two children.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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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