Mustafa Korkmaz

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Mustafa Korkmaz
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Born (1988-01-18) January 18, 1988 (age 35)
Bremen, Germany
NationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Career history
wheelchair basketball Galatasaray S.K.

Mustafa Korkmaz (January 18, 1988) is a Turkish descent Dutch wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He competes for the Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [2]

He played in the 2012–13 season of the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League for Galatasaray SK wheelchair basketball team in Istanbul, Turkey. [3]

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References

  1. "Mustafa Korkmaz". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  2. "Netherlands". European Wheelchiar Basketball Championships 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  3. Özdemir, Atilla (2013-05-20). "Galatasaray üst üste 7. kez şampiyon". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-09-12.