Buse Coskun (born 26 May 1989) is a Turkish figure skater. She is a ten-time Turkish medalist.She represented Turkey at the Netherlands

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and placed 46th, at the Germany 2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz

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and placed 37th place, at the 7th European Youth Olympic Festival were only held in junior single skating categories in Monthey, Switzerland, between January 22 and January 29 Youth Olympic Winter games and placed 22nd place, at the

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in Ljubliana and placed 25th place.

Career

Coskun started skating at the age of 6 with her

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class, at the skating rink in the

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of Istanbul. The rink was not of professional quality so Buse experienced difficulties in her training. At 9, she competed for the first time internationally for Turkey. Istanbul had no olympic ice rink then, and no professional skating coaches. She had to do training in the 600 square meter

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. From 1998 to 2010, she represented Turkey in international competitions. All skaters continue their lives with an average of 30 hours of weekly training but Buse Coskun tried to pursue sports career working 3 hours a week in shopping mall. In 2003, she won a

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at the

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2003 after gold medalist Yuna Kim. Because Turkey had only two ice rinks, Coskun travelled to Kocaeli Province for training in the early morning and then returned to Istanbul to attend school. At the 2011 Erzurum University Championships, Coskun served as a speaker and commentator on the

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channel. She is now an assistant

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at Olimpik Sport Club 2023 with her coach Cenk Ertaul and former national skater Renk Kemaloglu.

Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coskun, Buse 1989 births Living people Turkish female single skaters Sportspeople from Istanbul