Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Explained

Type:Non-profit
Purpose:Sport: football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, weightlifting, martial arts, athletics, ice hockey
Headquarters:SEKASEM
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Dr. Ali Yeşildal
Size:150px
Location:İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey

The Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü, aka Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor, is a multi-sports club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli in Turkey. It was founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the state-owned SEKA Cellulose and Paper Works in Izmit, Kocaeli.[1] Club colors are blue and white. Current club president is Dr. Ali Yeşildal, who is also the chairman of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation.[2]

Since the beginning, İzmit Kağıtspor has operated branches like rowing and sailing and won also many international titles in athletics, wrestling, and boxing.[3] The club merged in 1987 into "Kocaeli Belediyespor" and was renamed. It has expanded quickly since then and is active in 30 sports branches with a total of 2,453 athletes as of 2007, making it one of the biggest sports clubs of Turkey. Its amateur and professional individual sports people and teams of various branches are very successful at domestic and international events as well. The total number of sports people licensed by the club competing for Turkey's national teams amounted to 155 in 2007. The 2007-2008 budget of the club is TRY 2.2m (about US$1.76m).

Branches

Some of the 30 branches the club sponsors are:

Notables

Athletics

Boxing

Judo

Karate

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Other sports

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kent Yazıları - Yönet, batır, kapat... . Evrensel . Necati Uyar . 2005-01-25 . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421214528/http://www.evrensel.net/05/01/25/kose.html . 2008-04-21 . dead .
  2. News: Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi'nin kulübü Kağıtspor, 'sporcu fabrikası' gibi çalışıyor . Zaman . 2007-10-05 . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055730/http://www.zaman.com.tr//haber.do?haberno=597009 . 2011-07-16 . dead .
  3. Web site: Bir tarih kapanıyor: SEKA . Tüm Gazeteler . Timur Soykan . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717113116/http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=732717 . 2011-07-17 . dead .
  4. News: Kağıtsporlu Hülya, Dünya İkincisi Oldu . https://archive.today/20130418181114/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=17518 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-09-19 . Turkish .
  5. News: Tuğba, Avrupa'da Gururumuz Oldu . https://archive.today/20130418184225/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=12383 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-01-29 . Turkish .
  6. News: Buz Sporunda Artık Türkler de Var . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-04-30 . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://archive.today/20120907065821/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=14365 . 2012-09-07 . dead .
  7. News: Buz Hokeyinde Avrupa Sınavı Eylülde . https://archive.today/20130418202957/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=15816 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-07-05 . Turkish .
  8. News: Büyükşehir Kağıt Karatede Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu . https://archive.today/20130418185829/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=15305 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-06-11 . Turkish .
  9. News: Tuba Yenen de Avrupa Şampiyonu . https://archive.today/20130418155428/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=19926 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2008-02-20 . Turkish .
  10. News: Büyükşehir’e Altın Madalya . https://archive.today/20130418164125/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=19858 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2008-02-17 . Turkish .
  11. News: 12’den Vurmak İçin Yarıştılar . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-05-07 . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070509114705/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=14506 . 2007-05-09 . dead .
  12. News: Taekwondocular Balkan Şampiyonu . Gölcük Haber . Turkish . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101216213107/http://www.golcukhaber.com.tr/etiket/ka%C4%9F%C4%B1tspor . 2010-12-16 . dead .
  13. News: Yanık, İtalya’dan 3 Altın ile Döndü . https://archive.today/20130418173255/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=17102 . dead . 2013-04-18 . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-09-01 . Turkish .
  14. News: Şimşek, Avrupa 2’ncisi Oldu . Özgür Kocaeli . 2007-04-20 . Turkish . 2008-05-18 . https://archive.today/20130418153501/http://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/news.php?id=14143 . 2013-04-18 . dead .
  15. Web site: Karatecilerin hedefi Avrupa Şampiyonası . 41 Saat Haber . 2009-05-31 . Turkish . 1 May 2020.
  16. News: Karetede 3 Avrupa şampiyonluğu . . 2013-05-11 . Turkish . 2013-05-12 .
  17. News: Milli halterci Özlem Becerikli'den bronz madalya . Türkiye Gazetesi . 2012-09-02 . Turkish . 2012-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903230108/http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com/haberdetay.aspx?NewsID=21806#.UENSBvL1nLw . 2012-09-03 . dead .
  18. News: Potadan Haberler-Dişi Kartal'dan dört imza . Fto aç . 2004-07-17 . Turkish . 2011-04-03 .

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