# Turkey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey (officially competing as Türkiye) is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Turkey's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
The Turkish team comprises 24 athletes (6 men and 18 women) competing in five sports. Short track speed skater Muhammed Bozdağ and ice hockey player Sidre Hacıosmanoğlu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
On 21 January, short track speed skater Muhammed Bozdağ earned the silver medal in the men's 1000 metres, becoming the first Turkish athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal outside of mixed-NOC competition. Ice hockey player Sidre Özer was the first Turkish athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal, earning bronze with the mixed-NOC "Team Blue" in the girls' 3x3 ice hockey mixed tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Curling | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 18 | 24 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Muhammed Bozdağ | Short track speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 21 January |

## Alpine skiing

Turkey qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Thomas Kaan Önol Lang | Giant slalom | | | | | | |
| Thomas Kaan Önol Lang | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Thomas Kaan Önol Lang | Combined | | | | | | |
| Ada Hasırcı | Giant slalom | | | | | | |
| Ada Hasırcı | Slalom | | | | | | |
| Ada Hasırcı | Combined | | | | | | |

## Biathlon

Turkey qualified one female biathlete.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Zülal Türk | Sprint | | | |
| Zülal Türk | Individual | | | |

## Curling

Turkey qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Muhammed Taha Zenit Burcu Haşıl Muhammet Berat Ateş Şüheda Karacalı | Mixed team | China L 2–6 | Nigeria W 22–2 | United States L 2–8 | Sweden L 7–8 | Norway L 0–5 | Japan L 2–8 | New Zealand W 6–3 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Derya Ekmekçi Berat Aybar | Mixed doubles | Latvia L 1–10 | New Zealand W 6–3 | Japan L 5–9 | China L 4–13 | Brazil W 10–5 | — | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |

### Mixed team

| Group A | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| China | Li Zetai | 6 | 1 | 1–0 | 65 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 59.04 |
| United States | Kenna Ponzio | 6 | 1 | 0–1 | 68 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 51.38 |
| Japan | Kaito Fujii | 5 | 2 | 1–0 | 64 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 39.53 |
| Sweden | Vilmer Nygren | 5 | 2 | 0–1 | 55 | 42 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 58.05 |
| Norway | Alexander Johansen | 3 | 4 | – | 49 | 39 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 65.33 |
| Turkey | Muhammed Taha Zenit | 2 | 5 | – | 41 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 82.17 |
| New Zealand | Jed Nevill | 1 | 6 | – | 27 | 44 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 86.52 |
| Nigeria | Goodnews Charles | 0 | 7 | – | 6 | 133 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 199.60 |

#### Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| China (Li) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 6 |

#### Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Charles) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 2 |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 22 |

#### Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Ponzio) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Sweden (Nygren) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |

#### Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
| Norway (Johansen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Japan (Fujii) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |

#### Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Nevill) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Turkey (Zenit) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |

### Mixed doubles

| Group C | W | L | W–L | DSC |
| China | 5 | 0 | – | 56.80 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | – | 38.84 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | – | 77.39 |
| Turkey | 2 | 3 | – | 89.37 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4 | – | 94.80 |
| Brazil | 0 | 5 | – | 112.92 |

#### Draw 4

Saturday, January 27, 18:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Latvia (Regža / Zass) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

#### Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| New Zealand (Russell / Nevill) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

#### Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |

#### Draw 13

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Gong / Xu) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 13 |
| Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |

#### Draw 15

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brazil (Gentile / Melo) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |

## Ice hockey

Turkey qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament.

### Roster

Turkish-American Ashley Elizabeth Salerno was the team's head coach.
* Fatma Bengisu Açarı
* Melis Arslan
* Melisa Çağdaş
* Ekin Daş
* Eylül Daş – A
* Ece Eraşcı
* Dolunay Beren Erbakan
* Tan Nisan Göksal – C
* Sidre Deniz Hacıosmanoğlu
* Azra Betül Kılaç
* Beray Derin Okut
* Eda Seçen
* Azra Nur Şenyuva – A

### Women's 3x3 tournament
#### Summary

Key:
* GWS – Game winning shots
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank | Opponent Score | Opponent Score | Rank |
| Türkiye | Women's 3x3 tournament | Italy L 3–5 | Hungary L 0–18 | Netherlands W 11–2 | South Korea L 1–4 | China L 9–2 | Australia W 10–2 | Mexico W 9–1 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | |

#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | +125 | 21 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 18 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea (H) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 14 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 13 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Turkey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 9 | |
| 6 | Australia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 75 | −52 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mexico | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 71 | −53 | 3 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 119 | −114 | 0 | |

## Short track speed skating

Turkey qualified two male short track speed skaters.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Muhammed Bozdağ | 500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Muhammed Bozdağ | 1000 m | | | | | | | | |
| Muhammed Bozdağ | 1500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Toprak Efe Eroğlu | 500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Toprak Efe Eroğlu | 1000 m | | | | | | | | |
| Toprak Efe Eroğlu | 1500 m | | | | | | | | |