Omar El Turk

Omar El Turk
Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 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

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  1. ^ "FIBA Profile". Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  2. ^ Eurobasket. "Omar El Turk Player Profile, Byblos Sporting Club, News, Stats - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ Al Mustaqbal: عمر الترك - لم ألعب ولن ألعب الا للقلعة الصفراء (in Arabic)