Çağla Baktıroğlu

Çağla Baktıroğlu
Born (1988-09-01) September 1, 1988
Cambridge
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots right
TBHBL team
Former teams
Narmanspor
Windsor Lancers
National team  Turkey
Playing career present

Çağla Baktıroğlu (born September 1, 1988) is a Turkish-Canadian women's ice hockey player. Currently, she plays in the Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League for Narmanspor. She is a member of the Turkey women's national ice hockey team. The right-handed forward is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb).

Early life

Born in Cambridge, England, on September 1, 1988, Çağla Baktıroğlu is a British and Turkish citizen, living in Canada.[1] She studied at University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.[2][3]

Playing career

Baktıroğlu began playing at age eleven in Canada.[2] She is a winger and shoots right.[1][4]

Club

Baktıroğlu was with the University of Windsor Lancers (2007–08, 2009–10) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. before she played in the Continental Cup in the Czech Republic.[2]

She currently plays in the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League (TBHL) for Narman

International

Baktıroğlu was admitted to the Turkey women's national ice hockey team in 2011 to take part at the 2011 Winter Universiade held s in Erzurum, Turkey.[2][3]

She took part at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Div. II Group B qualification tournament matches in Hong Kong, where she became top scorer with 10 goals and was named Best Forward.[5][6][7] Baktıroğlu participated at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Div. II Group B tournament matches in Spain.[8]

In October 2016 Cagla participated in the 2018 Olympic Qualification Group J in Mexico City, Mexico.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Cagla Baktiroglu". League Stat. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Turkish-Canadian hockey star Çağla says Erzurum fans great". Today's Zaman. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. 1 2 "Branşlara göre sporcularımız ve antrenörleri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. Duff, Bob (2007-11-23). "University of Windsor students embrace barn". Windsor Star. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  5. "Kadın Milli Takımımızdan Birincilik!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  6. "Hong Kong'ta namağlup şampiyon oldular!". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  7. 1 2 3 "Grubunda Birinci Olan Buz Hokeyciler Üst Gruba Çıktı" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı-Spor Genel Müdürlüğü. 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  8. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship DivII Group B: TUR-ISL 2–7" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-03-03.


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