Omar El Turk
Athlete
1981 –
Who is Omar El Turk?
Omar El Turk is a Lebanese Canadian basketball player and member of the Lebanon national basketball team.
Immigrating to Canada, he played with Montreal, Canada's Dawson College Blues. 1.86 m shooting guard, he signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League and has competed with the team for the last five seasons, helping the team become one of the strongest Lebanese sides.
El Turk is also a long-time member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He has competed with the team at the last three Asian championships, helping the team to a silver medal at both the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and FIBA Asia Championship 2007. He also competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for the Lebanese, who finished with a national-best 2-3 record at the tournament.
El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married and has one daughter.
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