Aytaç Ercan

Aytaç Ercan
No. 13 – Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team
Position	Center
League	Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born	December 21, 1976 (age 47); Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Career information
Playing career	1998–present
Career history
2003-2005	Beşiktaş
2005-2007	Galatasaray
2007-present	Beşiktaş

Aytaç Ercan (born December 21, 1976) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He is a 4 point player competing for Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.^[1]^[2]

He became a polio survivor due to not having been vaccinated as an infant.^[3]

Aytaç Ercan played in the national team, which qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sporting career[edit]

He began with wheelchair basketball playing in 1998 in the Istanbul Youth Disabled Sport Club. Following two champion titles earned in 1999 and 2000, he transferred to Istanbul Fatih Disabled Sport Club. In the beginning of 2003, he became a member of Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and was admitted to the national team. With the foundation of the Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team, Ercan signed with this team, and his team became already in its first season champion in the Second Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2006, Ercan transferred back to Beşiktaş.^[4]

Aytaç Ercan was named MVP at the 2002 Malmö Open in Sweden. He became top scorer at an international tournament, and was selected to All Star Team at the 2006 Balkan Cup. Ercan played in the national team, which won the 2011 André Vergauwen Cup.^[4]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the national team, he was part of, ranked 7th.

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Turkey
2009	IWBF Champions Cup			Beşiktaş
2010	WB World Championship	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	national team
2011	IWBF Champions Cup		5th	Beşiktaş
2012	Summer Paralympics	London, United Kingdom	7th	national team

References[edit]

^ "Aytac Ercan". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
^ "Sporcular / Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol-Aytaç Ercan" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
^ Özdil, Yılmaz (2012-08-29). "Eli ayağı tutan acizler ülkesinin... İnsanüstü yetenekli milli takımı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-06.
^ ^a ^b "Aytaç Ercan" (in Turkish). BJK. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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[1] "Aytac Ercan". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

[gsb-2] "Sporcular / Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol-Aytaç Ercan" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

[3] Özdil, Yılmaz (2012-08-29). "Eli ayağı tutan acizler ülkesinin... İnsanüstü yetenekli milli takımı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-06.

[bjk-4] "Aytaç Ercan" (in Turkish). BJK. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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