Tuğba Karademir
Tuğba Karademir | |
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Full name | Tuğba Karademir |
Born | Ankara | March 17, 1985
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Turkey |
Coach | Robert Tebby |
Skating club | Kocaeli Kağıtspor |
Retired | July, 2010 |
Tuğba Karademir (born on March 17, 1985 in Ankara, Turkey), is a Turkish former figure skater. She was the flag-bearer for Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 21st.
Career
Karademir started skating at the age of 5, with her kindergarten class, right after the first ice rink opened in Turkey in 1990. At eight years old she competed for the first time internationally for Turkey. In 1995, she won a gold medal at a novice competition at the Balkan Games and a silver medal in the Netherlands.
Turkey had only one ice rink then, and no professional skating coaches. In 1996 her parents decided to move the family to Canada, where she could train seriously. She began training with Robert Tebby at the Mariposa School of Skating.
At the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Karademir placed 13th. She then went on to become the first figure skater from Turkey to compete in the Olympic Winter games. She was the flag bearer for Turkey during the opening ceremony. She scored a personal best of 44.2 points in the short program. Combined with her 79.44 points in the free program, she placed 21st overall with a total of 123.64 points.
At the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Karademir placed 18th with her highest finish to date at that event. In the long program, she finished 16th, giving her the 18th overall finish.
At the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships she achieved a new personal best in her short program and placed 10th overall.
In June 2006, Tuğba Karademir was transferred by the Kocaeli Kağıtspor.[1]
At the 2010 Winter Olympics she received a total score of 129.54, with 50.74 in the short program and 78.80 in the free skate.
Personal
In Turkey, Karademir's father, Tayfun, was a restaurateur and her mother, Sabite, worked in the aerospace industry. Upon relocating to Barrie, Ontario, Canada, they initially took on menial jobs to pay for Karademir's training.[2] While in Barrie, Tugba was enrolled at a local Public School, Allandale Heights. She speaks turkish and english fluently.
Competitive highlights
Post-2003
Event | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 21st | 24th | |||||
World Championships | 35th | 27th | 18th | 27th | 27th | 21st | 28th |
European Championships | 23rd | 19th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 12th |
Skate America | 9th | 11th | 12th | ||||
Skate Canada | 11th | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 10th | ||||||
Golden Spin of Zagreb | 17th | 9th | 5th | 4th | |||
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 4th | 2nd | |||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | 14th | |||||
Winter Universiade | 14th | 11th | |||||
Karl Schäfer Memorial | 9th | 4th | 9th | 11th | |||
Int. Challenge Cup | 2nd |
Pre-2003
Event | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
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World Championships | 30th | |||||
European Championships | 27th | 27th | ||||
Turkish Championships | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||
Canadian Championships | 5th J. | |||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | |||||
Golden Spin of Zagreb | 7th | |||||
Balkan Games | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||
J. = Junior level |
References
External links
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ankara
- Turkish expatriates in Canada
- Turkish figure skaters
- Turkish sportswomen
- Olympic figure skaters of Turkey
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Female figure skaters
- Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor athletes