Begüm Pusat
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||
| Born | 2004 (age 19–20) Turkey | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Women's Wheelchair Basketball | ||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||
| Disability class | 2.5 | ||||||||
| Club | Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball | ||||||||
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Begüm Pusat (born 2004) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player. She plays for Beşiktaş JK. She is part of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
Club career
Pusat started playing wheelchair basketball at the age of ten after she was inspired by a poster of the female national basketball player Işıl Alben, and watching a match of the Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball team.[1] She was encouraged by Cem Gezinci, a Wheelchair basketball player of Beşiktaş JK, she met during a match.[2]
She started playing for Aydın ADÜ Genç Eefeler team.[2] In the 2018–19 season, she transferred to the Girls U16 team of the İzmir BB SK.[3][4][5] In August 2022, her contract was extended.[6][3]
As of 2024, she plays as a forward for Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball as the only female member.[7]
Pusat plays in the forward position with disability class 2.5.[7][8]
International career
At the age of 15 only, Pusat debuted internationally playing for the Turkey women's national under-25 wheelchair basketball team at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[5][8] She was the youngest player of the championship.[5] In 2020, Pusat was selected again to the Turkey women's U25 team.[2]
In June 2023, she took part at the preparation camp of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team in Aksaray, Turkey,[1] and the next month, preparationon camps in Hakkari, Turkey and Tabriz, Iran.[6]
She played at the 2023 IWBF Women's European Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[9]
Personal life
Begüm Pusat was born in 2004.[4] She was confined to a wheelchair because she had congenital disorder of cerebral palsy, disorder of movement and posture due to brain damage.[1] Following a long period of physical therapy, she was able to use her paralyzed left hand and left foot.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Serebral palsi hastası Begüm'ün hayatı basketbolla değişti". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Uzun, Ferdi (31 January 2020). "'Tekerlekli sandalyeye asla oturmam' demişti, şimdi milli takımda". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Begüm Pusat ile Yeniden" (in Turkish). İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b "İzmir U16 Kızlar 2018-2019" (in Turkish). Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Pusat excited to make debut for Turkey at U25 World's". 2023 IWBF U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Bagkok Thailand. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Yalovalı Serra Milli Kamp Hazırlıklarına Başlıyor". Yalova (in Turkish). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş JK. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Turkey Team Roster". 2023 IWBF U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Bagkok Thailand. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "TUR 23-57 FRA". FIBA Live Stats. Retrieved 17 July 2024.