Tuğba Karademir

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**Tuğba Karademir**

Karademir in 2007.
Personal Info
Country:	Turkey
Date of birth:	March 17, 1985 (1985-03-17) (age 23)
Residence:	Barrie, Ontario
Height:	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Coach:	Robert Tebby, Doug Leigh
Choreographer:	Jean-Pierre Boulais
Skating Club:	Kocaeli Kağıtspor, Kocaeli
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	138.73	2008 Europeans
Short Program:	50.28	2008 Europeans
Free Skate:	89.84	2006 Worlds

Tuğba Karademir (born on March 17, 1985 in Ankara, Turkey), is a Turkish figure skater.

1 Career
2 Competitive highlights
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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 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 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 10^th overall.

In June 2006, Tuğba Karademir was transferred by the Kocaeli Kağıtspor.^[1]

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	1994-1995	1995-1996	1996-1997	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Winter Olympics									21st
World Championships						30th	35th	27th	18th	27th	27th
European Championships					27th	27th	23rd	19th	13th	10th	11th
Turkish Championships	1st	2nd	2nd
Canadian Championships				5th J.
Skate America											9th
Skate Canada										11th
NHK Trophy										10th
Golden Spin of Zagreb											5th
Winter Universiade										14th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial									4th
Nebelhorn Trophy						11th					11th
Karl Schäfer Memorial							9th	4th	9th	11th
Golden Spin of Zagreb						7th	17th	9th
Balkan Games	1st	2nd	2nd