Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Turkey competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Competitors

Alpine skiing

A 37th-place finish for Duygu Ulusoy in the Women's giant slalom was the best result for Turkey's Alpine Skiing entrants.

Cross-country skiing

The Turkish cross-country team got its top finish in the men's team sprint event, where Muhammet Kızılarslan and Sebahattin Oglago finished 22nd.

Distance

Sprint

Figure skating

Tuğba Karademir, who finished 22nd in the ladies' event, gained some notoriety due to being featured by American network NBC, which opened one of its most watched broadcasts with a feature on her.

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

References

• National Olympic Committee of Turkey official website