Tuğba Karademir
Tuğba Karademir (born on March 17, 1985) is a Turkish former competitive figure skater. She won silver medals at the 2008 International Challenge Cup and 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She qualified to the free skate at two Winter Olympics (2006 Turin and 2010 Vancouver), two World Championships (2006 Calgary, 2009 Los Angeles), and seven European Championships (2004–2010). She served as the flag-bearer for Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics @ Turin /Italy and 2010 Winter Olympics @ Vancouver Canada. Tugba got married Aug 14th 2021. Personal life. Karademir was born on March 17, 1985 in Ankara , Turkey. In Turkey , her father, Tayfun, was a restaurateur and her mother, Sabite, worked in the aerospace industry. Upon relocating to Barrie , Ontario , Canada , they initially took on extra jobs to pay for their daughter's training. While in Barrie, she was enrolled at a local public school, Allandale Heights. She speaks Turkish and English fluently. Tuğba got married Aug 14th 2021. 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|2006 European Championships , Karademir placed 13th. She then went on to become the first figure skater from Turkey to compete in the Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Olympic Winter games . She was the 2006 Winter Olympics  Opening Ceremony|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|2006 World 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|2007 European 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 Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü|Kocaeli Kağıtspor . At the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles|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. Competitive highlights. "GP: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix " External links. Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Ankara Category:Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Category:Turkish female single skaters Category:Olympic figure skaters of Turkey Category:Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Category :Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor athletes Category:York University alumni Category:Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade