Nilay Yigit
Encyclopedia
Nilay Yiğit is a Turkish
professional female basketball player of Beşiktaş Cola Turka
. She is marrieded with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
volleyball player Cengizhan Kartaltepe
on 5 June 2010. She is famous for being a fan of the English football team Doncaster Rovers.
, which won gold medal
at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
in Almería
, Spain
.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
professional female basketball player of Beşiktaş Cola Turka
Beşiktaş Cola Turka Women's Basketball
-Notable players:*Gülşah Akkaya*Yasemin Horasan*Şaziye İvegin*Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu*Arzu Özyiğit*Esmeral Tunçluer*Nilay Yiğit*Müjde Yüksel*Alexis Hornbuckle*Vanessa Hayden*Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert*Sheri Sam*Laura Harper*Courtney Vandersloot...
. She is marrieded with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball
Fenerbahçe Grundig is the men's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The senior team's name sponsor is Grundig....
volleyball player Cengizhan Kartaltepe
Cengizhan Kartaltepe
Cengizhan Kartaltepe is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 193 cm and plays as libero. He has been playing for Fenerbahçe SK since 2009 and wears the number 1. He played 151 times for the national team and also played for Erdemir, Arçelik, Halkbankası and Mef Okulları.He signed contract on 27...
on 5 June 2010. She is famous for being a fan of the English football team Doncaster Rovers.
International career
She was member of the national teamTurkey national women's basketball team
The Turkey national women’s basketball team is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.-Current roster:This is the roster for the EuroBasket Women 2011:-FIBA World Championship:-Olympic Games:...
, which won gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Turkey participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. With one hundred female and one hundred ninety-six male athletes participating, Turkey garnered seventy-three medals, marking this as its most successful participation in an international multi-sport gaming event in its...
in Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Honors
- Turkish Women's Basketball LeagueTurkish Women's Basketball LeagueThe Turkish Women’s Basketball League is the top women’s professional basketball league in Turkey organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The women’s league started in 1980...
- Winners (2): 2006, 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Turkish Cup
- Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
- Turkish Presidents Cup
- Winners (2): 2005, 2007