- Tuğba Karademir
Infobox Figure skater
title= Tuğba Karademir
caption= Karademir in 2007.
country= TUR
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1985|3|17
residence= Barrie,Ontario
height= convert|165|cm|ftin|abbr=on
coach=Robert Tebby ,Doug Leigh
choreographer=Jean-Pierre Boulais
skating club= Kocaeli Kağıtspor,Kocaeli
retired =
combined total= 138.73
combined date= 2008 Europeans
SP score= 50.28
SP date= 2008 Europeans
FS score= 89.84
FS date= 2006 WorldsTuğba Karademir (born on
March 17 ,1985 inAnkara ,Turkey ), is a Turkish figure skater.Career
She 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 .Karademir clearly had talent, but she could not train in Turkey and expect to advance to the senior level. Turkey had only one ice rink, 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 theMariposa 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 so far 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. [cite web |url= http://www.haberler.com/buz-pateni-milli-patenci-tugba-karademir-2-haberi/ |title=Buz Pateni... - Milli Patenci Tuğba Karademir Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor Kulübü'yle Bir Yıllık Anlaşma İmzaladı |work=Haberler |date=2006-06-02 |language=Turkish ]
Competitive highlights
Post-2003
Pre-2003
* J = Junior level
References
External links
* [http://www.tugbakarademir.org/ Tuğba Karademir official site in Turkish and English]
** [http://www.torino2006.org/ITA/IDF/ATH/606425.html Turin 2006 profile]
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