{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | caption = | name = John Turek | position = Center / power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 243 | league = | team = | career_number = 4, 12, 15, 44 | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|2|19}} | birth_place = Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. | high_school = Abraham Lincoln<br/>(Council Bluffs, Iowa) | college = Nebraska (2001–2005) | draft_year = 2005 | career_start = 2005 | career_end = 2015 | team1 = Omniworld Almere | years1 = 2005–2006 | team2 = Hanzevast Capitals | years2 = 2006–2007 | team3 = Optima Gent | years3 = 2007–2008 | team4 = Turów Zgorzelec | years4 = 2008–2009 | team5 = Phoenix Hagen | years5 =2009–2010 | team6 = GasTerra Flames | years6 = 2010–2011 | team7 = Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg | years7 = 2012–2013 | team8 = Champagne Châlons-Reims | years8 = 2013–2014 | team9 = Rosa Radom | years9 = 2014–2015 | highlights = *BBL blocks leader (2010) *DBL All-Star (2006) *Dutch Cup champion (2011) | medaltemplates = }} '''John Turek''' (born February 19, 1983) is an American retired professional basketball player.
== Career == Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), Turek played as power forward or center. He played collegiately for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and continued his career as a professional player in Europe. Turek played for teams based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany and France.
==Personal life== His brother, Joshua Turek, is a wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic gold medalist, and politician.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/Josh-Turek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031021350/https://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/Josh-Turek |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |title=Josh Turek |website=TeamUSA.org |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Club=== ;GasTerra Flames *NBB Cup (1): 2010–11
===Individual=== *BBL blocks leader (1): 2009–10 *DBL All-Star (1): 2006
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/John-Turek-29543/stats/ Profile at draftexpress.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202644/http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/John-Turek-29543/stats/ |date=2015-06-10 }} *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=gro&pcode=001306 Profile at euroleague.net] *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/John_Turek/Neckar_RIESEN_Ludwigsburg/33550 Profile at eurobasket.com]
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