Cemal Kütahya

Cemal Kütahya
Kütahya in 2019
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya

Cemal Kütahya (6 December 1990 – 6 February 2023) was a Turkish handball player. He was captain of the Turkey national team.

Death

Kütahya died alongside his five-year-old son, his pregnant wife and his mother-in-law[1] in Antakya when the complex he lived in, Rönesans Rezidans, collapsed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. He was 32.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (24 September 2023). "Handball mourns Turkish captain Kütahya, killed with his family in the earthquake". insidethegames. Retrieved 4 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Handball trauert um türkischen Kapitän Kütahya". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2023.