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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.

Turkey at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Turkey
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors24 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Muhammed Bozdağ & Sidre Hacıosmanoğlu
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

The Turkish team comprises 24 athletes (6 men and 18 women) competing in five sports.[1] Short track speed skater Muhammed Bozdağ and ice hockey player Sidre Hacıosmanoğlu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Competitors edit

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 edit

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

Alpine skiing edit

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).[1][5]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Thomas Kaan Önol Lang Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ada Hasırcı Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined

Biathlon edit

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey qualified one female biathlete.[1]

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Zülal Türk Sprint
Individual

Curling edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[6][7]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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 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 15

Mixed team edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – 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
Round robin
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 edit

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – 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
Round robin
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 edit

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament.[1][8]

Roster

Turkish-American Ashley Elizabeth Salerno was the team's head coach.[9]

Women's 3x3 tournament edit

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
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
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 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
3   South Korea (H) 7 4 1 0 2 48 30 +18 14
4   Italy 7 4 0 1 2 67 31 +36 13
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
Source: IOC[10][11]
(H) Host
20 January 2024
17:30		Italy  5–3
(1–1, 3–1, 1–1)		  TurkeyGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  María Chávez
  Anhelina Maifeld
21 January 2024
13:30		Hungary  18–0
(6–0, 3–0, 9–0)		  TurkeyGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Beatrice Fortin
  Mei Wah Wan
21 January 2024
19:00		Netherlands  2–11
(1–2, 0–7, 1–2)		  TurkeyGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Ilona Silander
  Mei Wah Wan
22 January 2024
12:00		Turkey  1–4
(0–3, 1–0, 0–1)		  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  María Chávez
  Wan Mei Wah
22 January 2024
20:30		China  9–2
(4–1, 4–0, 1–1)		  TurkeyGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  María Chávez
  Beatrice Fortin
23 January 2024
13:30		Turkey  10–2
(3–1, 2–1, 5–0)		  AustraliaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Beatrice Fortin
  Anhelina Maifeld
23 January 2024
19:00		Turkey  9–1
(3–0, 5–0, 1–1)		  MexicoGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
  Anhelina Maifeld
  Ilona Silander

Short track speed skating edit

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Turkey qualified two male short track speed skaters.[12][13][14]

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Gangwon 2024 Kış Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları" [Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games]. www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ Demirer, Hüseyin Burak (21 January 2024). "Muhammed Bozdağ, Türkiye'ye Kış Gençlik Olimpiyatları'ndaki ilk madalyasını kazandırdı" [Muhammed Bozdağ brought Turkey its first medal in the Winter Youth Olympics]. Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Ankara, Turkey. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ Steiss, Adam (15 January 2020). "Stars are golden in women's 3-on-3". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  7. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: TUR - Türkiye" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Communication No. 2608 - YOG 2024 Final Quotas Allocation Speed Skating & Short Track". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  13. ^ Hocaoğlu, Yunus (30 December 2023). "Milli sürat patenci Toprak, ilk kez katılacağı Gençlik Olimpiyatları'nda iddialı" [National speed skater Toprak is assertive in the Youth Olympics, where he will participate for the first time.]. Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Ankara, Turkey. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Milli sporcu Muhammed Bozdağ 2024 yılında bir ilki başarmak istiyor!" [National athlete Muhammed Bozdağ wants to break new ground in 2024!]. Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). Istanbul, Turkey. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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