Özlem Ceren Dursun (born 8 December 2003) is a Turkish Olympian
cross-country skier
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.
Early years
Özlem Ceren Dursun was born in
Gerede
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district of
Bolu Province
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The capital city ...
, Turkey on 8 December 2003.
Sports career
Dursun started skiing sport at the age of eleven.
She performs
cross-country skiing
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. She is a member of Akut Sports Club.
In 2019, she was admitted to the national team.
She participated at the
sprint
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and
5km classical events at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...
held in
Lausanne
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, Switzerland.
She competes at the
2022 Winter Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, China.
See also
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Turkey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Turkey competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The Turkish team consisted of seven athletes (four men and three women) competing in four sports. Furkan Akar and Ayşenur Duman were the country's flagbear ...
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2003 births
Living people
People from Gerede
Sportspeople from Bolu
Turkish female cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Turkey
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
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