[1] In 2009, he was involved in a motorcycle accident, which resulted in his disability after his leg was amputated mid-shinbone, below the knee.
[1][2][3] Before he became disabled, Çekiç performed weightlifting between 1993 and 1996, and competed at national level in France.
[2] Alpine skiing was his favorite hobby, even before his accident, due to the proximity of his residence to the mountains.
In 2010, he began Para-alpine skiing in France, and debuted internationally for Turkey in the United States in 2013.
[1] Following training in Canada and the United States,[2] after his participation at a competition in Rinn, Tyrol, Austria he qualified to start at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.