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Ecem Dönmez

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Ecem Dönmez
Personal information
National team Turkey
Born (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 (age 26)
Turkey
EducationPolitical science and International relations
Alma materYeditepe University
Spouse
(m. 2024)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFenerbahçe Swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 4×200 m freestyle relay

Ecem Dönmez (born 29 October 1998) is a Turkish swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming of 100 m and 200 m events. She takes part at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Sport career

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Dönmez's passion for swimming started at the age of eight. Already at age 13, she set a new national record.[1]

Dönmez is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul.[1]

Dönmez competed in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.[2]

She won the bronze medal together with Ela Naz Özdemir, Gizem Güvenç and Zehra Duru Bilgin in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3]

She was qualified to represent her country at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France together with her teammates Ela Naz Özdemir, Gizem Güvenç and Zehra Bilgin within the first 16 teams with 8:05.21 in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.[4]

Personal life

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Ecem Dönmez was born on 29 October 1998.[1][5] She studied Political science and International relations at Yeditepe University in Istanbul.[1]

Ece Dönmez and Berkay Ömer Öğretir (born 1998), another Turkish swimmer competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, married in Paris on 2 August after completing their competitions at the Olympic Games.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Milli yüzücü Ecem Dönmez, Olimpiyat yarışı öncesi Fenerbahçeli arkadaşlarıyla buluştu". TGRT Haber (in Turkish). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ "18th FINA World Championships - Gwangju (KOR)" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-21. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Tarihi başarı: Yüzücülerimizden Avrupa üçüncülüğü" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Milli yüzücüler bir kota daha aldı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  5. ^ Kaya, Mustafa (31 July 2024). "Milli yüzücüler "ilk madalya" için önce kulaç sonra nikah için imza atacak". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Madalya değil yüzük taktılar: Milli yüzücüler Paris'te evlendi". NTV (Turkey)NTV (in Turkish). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.