Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu (born 11 January 1994) is a Turkish alpine skier, who competed at the

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and

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Personal life

Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu was born in Sakarya, Turkey on 11 January 1994. After completing her high school education at

Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a Selective school, highly selective, Independent school, independent, mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary ...

, she studied

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at Koç University in

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. Aside from skiing, Çarıkçıoğlu practices

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

Sports career

At the age of eight, Çarıkçıoğlu made acquaintance with skiing during a winter camp at

Uludağ Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of . In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means "great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ext ...

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

held by her primary school. She is a member of the

AKUT Search and Rescue Association AKUT Search and Rescue Association ( tr, AKUT Arama Kurtarma Derneği) is a Turkish non-governmental organization for disaster search and rescue relief. It was established in 1995 as a grassroots organization by seven leading outdoor athletes of ...

, and competed for the AKUT sports Club's Snow Sports Branch. She competed at the

2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival The 2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Liberec, Czech Republic, between 13 and 18 February 2011. Sports Participant nations Azerbaijan, Israel, Malta, Portugal and San Marino (the remaining nations of the European Olympi ...

. She took part in the

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

women's giant slalom and women's slalom events at the

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 J ...

held in the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, Canada. She competed in the

women's giant slalom (37th place) and women's slalom (did not finish) events at the

2017 Winter Universiade Winter Universiade 2017, the XXVIII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29 January to 8 February 2017. On 29 November 2011, FISU announced that Winter Universiade 2017 would be hosted in ...

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, Kazakhstan. Çarıkçıoğlu competed at the

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, where she was the only Turkish female alpine skier. She missed one event at the games due to a fever. She was one of seven Turkish athletes at the

, and was the oldest Turkish competitor at the games. She placed 49th in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

discipline.

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* (alpine skier) * * * 1994 births Living people People from Sakarya Province Robert College alumni Koç University alumni Turkish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Turkey Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century Turkish women {{Turkey-alpine-skiing-bio-stub

Personal life

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