Vecihe Taşçı

Vecihe Taşçı (1905–2002) was a Turkish female rower and tennis player for Fenerbahçe S.K. in Istanbul. She was one of the first female sport rowers and tennis players in Turkey.

Vecihe Taşçı
Personal information
Birth nameVecihe
Born1905
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died2002 (aged 96–97)
Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportRowing, tennis
Event(s)Coxless four
ClubFenerbahçe S.K.
TeamFenerbahçe Rowing
PartnerFitnat Özdil, Nezihe Özdil, Melek Özdil

Private life

Vecihe Taşçı was born in Istanbul, then Ottoman Empire, in 1905. She died in Istanbul in 2002.

Sports career

She started her sports career sport rowing at the Fenerbahçe Rowing. She became one of the first female sport rowers in Turkey along with the Özdil sisters Fitnat (1910–993), Nezihe (1911–1984) and Melek (1916– ). She and her teammates were known as unrivaled in coxless four rowing, and won multiple times Istanbul and Turkish championships.[1]

In 1927, she began tennis playing. She played with the spouses and daughters of the Fenerbahçe S.K. members at tennis courts in Kuşdili, Kadıköy until the 1940s. She was one of the first female tennis players in Turkey.[2]

References
  1. "Federasyon Tarihçesi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Kürek Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "Tennisn Türkiye'deki Gelişimi" (in Turkish). tennis clinic. Retrieved 25 August 2019.


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