Burak Demirboğa (born 7 June 1996) is a Turkish

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He has won three senior international medals and is a six-time Turkish national champion (2018–23). He competed in the final segment at two

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(2018, 2020).

Personal life

Demirboğa was born on 7 June 1996 in Kocaeli, Turkey. His older brother,

Ali Demirboğa Ali Demirboğa (born August 2, 1990) is a Turkish figure skater. He is a five-time (2010–2014) Turkish national champion. Programs Competitive highlights ''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of ...

, has also competed in figure skating and contributes to his choreography.

Career

Early years and junior international career

Demirboğa began learning to skate in 2002. His first junior international competition, the

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, took place in February 2011 in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

, Turkey. He debuted on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(JGP) series in September of the same year.

2015–2016 and 2016–2017 seasons

Demirboğa's senior international debut came in December 2015 at the

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in Hungary. He took bronze at the Turkish Championships. In January 2016, he won his first senior international medal – bronze at

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. The following season, he became the Turkish national silver medalist.

2017–2018 season

Demirboğa won the bronze medal at the

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in November 2017. In December, he won silver at the Istanbul Bosphorous Cup and then gold at the Turkish Championships; it was his first national title on the senior level. In January, he represented Turkey at his first ISU Championship – the

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in Moscow, Russia. He qualified to the free skate and finished 23rd overall. He was also named in Turkey's team to the 2018 World Championships in

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, Italy.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

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