Alpine skiing

A 37th place finish for Duygu Ulusoy

Duygu Ulusoy

Duygu Ulusoy , born on April 24, 1987 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, is a female Turkish skier competing in the alpine discipline. She represents Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy....

 in the Women's giant slalom was the best result for Turkey's Alpine Skiing entrants.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Hamit Şare Hamit Sare Hamit Şare is an Olympic alpine skier discipline.Hamit began skiing at five years of age. He joined the Turkish national ski team already in 1993. He won seven national titles, represented Turkey 79 times, and finished in the top 50 in the 2005 World Championships...	Men's giant slalom	1:52.13	Did not start
	Men's slalom	1:07.57	1:01.56	n/a	2:09.13	40
Duygu Ulusoy Duygu Ulusoy Duygu Ulusoy , born on April 24, 1987 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, is a female Turkish skier competing in the alpine discipline. She represents Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy....	Women's giant slalom	1:11.43	1:19.38	n/a	2:30.81	37
	Women's slalom	Did not finish

Cross-country skiing

The Turkish cross-country team got its top finish in the men's team sprint event, where Muhammet Kızılarslan

Muhammet Kizilarslan

Muhammet Kızılarslan is an Olympic skier competing in the cross-country discipline.Born 1986 in Sungurlu, a town in the province of Çorum, Turkey, Kızılarslan started skiing in Ankara, where he lives now. He entered the Turkish national ski team in 2003...

 and Sebahattin Oglago

Sebahattin Oglago

Sabahattin Oğlago is a Turkish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 22nd in the team sprint at Turin in 2006 while his best individual finish was 60th in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City four years...

 finished 22nd.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Kelime Aydın Kelime Aydin Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya is a Turkish cross country skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 49th in the 30 km event at Turin in 2006....	Women's 10 km classical Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical The Women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Pragelato....	31:47.1	52
	Women's 15 km pursuit Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 12 February, at Pragelato....	Did not finish
	Women's 30 km freestyle Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 February, at Pragelato....	1:34:07.2	49
Muhammet Kızılarslan Muhammet Kizilarslan Muhammet Kızılarslan is an Olympic skier competing in the cross-country discipline.Born 1986 in Sungurlu, a town in the province of Çorum, Turkey, Kızılarslan started skiing in Ankara, where he lives now. He entered the Turkish national ski team in 2003...	Men's 15 km classical Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato....	45:06.8	74
Sebahattin Oglago Sebahattin Oglago Sabahattin Oğlago is a Turkish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 22nd in the team sprint at Turin in 2006 while his best individual finish was 60th in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City four years...	Men's 15 km classical Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato....	42:18.9	55
	Men's 30 km pursuit Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato....	1:28:03.8	65
	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle The Men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 26 February, at Pragelato...	Did not finish

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Kelime Aydın Kelime Aydin Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya is a Turkish cross country skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 49th in the 30 km event at Turin in 2006....	Women's sprint Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 22 February, at Pragelato....	2:33.33	63	Did not advance					63
Muhammet Kızılarslan Muhammet Kizilarslan Muhammet Kızılarslan is an Olympic skier competing in the cross-country discipline.Born 1986 in Sungurlu, a town in the province of Çorum, Turkey, Kızılarslan started skiing in Ankara, where he lives now. He entered the Turkish national ski team in 2003...	Men's sprint Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato.Vasili Rotchev was the defending World Champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by...	2:28.94	64	Did not advance					64
Sebahattin Oglago Sebahattin Oglago Sabahattin Oğlago is a Turkish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 22nd in the team sprint at Turin in 2006 while his best individual finish was 60th in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City four years...	Men's sprint Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato.Vasili Rotchev was the defending World Champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by...	2:31.10	67	Did not advance					67
Muhammet Kızılarslan Muhammet Kizilarslan Muhammet Kızılarslan is an Olympic skier competing in the cross-country discipline.Born 1986 in Sungurlu, a town in the province of Çorum, Turkey, Kızılarslan started skiing in Ankara, where he lives now. He entered the Turkish national ski team in 2003...   Sebahattin Oglago Sebahattin Oglago Sabahattin Oğlago is a Turkish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 22nd in the team sprint at Turin in 2006 while his best individual finish was 60th in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City four years...	Men's team sprint Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint The Men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics...	Did not advance				19:46.5	12	Did not advance	22

Figure skating

Tuğba Karademir

Tugba Karademir

Tuğba Karademir , is a Turkish former figure skater. She was the flag-bearer for Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 21st.- Career :...

, who finished 22nd in the ladies' event, gained some notoriety due to being featured by American network NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

, which opened one of its most watched broadcasts with a feature on her.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tuğba Karademir Tugba Karademir Tuğba Karademir , is a Turkish former figure skater. She was the flag-bearer for Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 21st.- Career :...	Ladies' Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles Ladies single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event, with a short program and a free skate. 30 skaters entered the short program, but only the top 24 competitors continued to the...	n/a		44.20	22 Q	79.44	21	123.64	21

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Officials

• Mehmet Ali Şahin, Minister for Sports
• Togay Bayatlı, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
• Neşe Gündoğan, Secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
• Hüseyin Doğan, Olympic attaché
• Mehmet Atalay, Team chief
• Sezai Bağbaşı, Administrator
• Yunus Akgül, Administrator
• Özer Ayık, Administrator
• Ahmet Kalaycıoğlu, Physician
• Oleksandr Averin, Trainer cross-country skiing
• Atakan Araftargil, Trainer Alpine skiing
• Robert Tebby, Trainer figure skating