Ekaterina Avramova ( bg, Екатерина Аврамова; born 12 November 1991, in

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) is a

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n-born swimmer competing for Turkey.

Career

She learned how to swim at age 7 and her first coach was Jorj Stankovich. Her mother had represented Bulgaria in water polo. Avramova started her professional swimming career in 2007 representing Bulgaria at the European Short Course championship in Debrecen (Hungary). From that year until end of 2013 she represented Bulgaria in every major international competition. She broke the national backstroke records more than 70 times, both LC and SC. In 2009, she moved from Bulgaria, to live and continue her training in

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, U.K. as part of Ealing Swimming Club with Head Coach David Heathcock. Avramova qualified for the London Olympic Games in 2012 on both 100m and 200m backstroke. After Bulgaria cut off funding for her following the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she decided in August 2014 to move to Turkey accepting Turkish citizenship, and competing for Turkey. Avramova was semi-finalist in the 2011 World Long Course Championship; Finalist in 50m,100m and 200m at the European Short Course Championship in 2011; 2016 European Championships finalist in 50m and 100m backstroke and 200m back semi-finalist, 5 timed gold medalist at the Islamic Games in Baku 2017; 2 times bronze medalist at the Mediterranean Games in 2018;

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semi-finalist in 200m backstroke, and

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finalist in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. She has competed at two Olympics, competing at

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for

and at

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for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. Ekaterina Avramova is the current Turkish and Bulgarian National Record holder in all backstroke events both long and short course. She is a member of ENKA Spor Kulubu since 2018, as prior to that she competed for Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. As of December 2022, she is the Turkish record holder in the 100 and 200 m backstroke shortcourse, and the 50 m backstroke long course (she is also still the Bulgarian record holder in the 200 m backstroke long course), and was part of the teams that hold the national record in the women's 4 x 50 m medley relay and mixed 4 x 50 m freestyle relay (shortcourse) and mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley relays (long course).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avramova, Ekaterina Living people 1991 births Sportspeople from Sofia Turkish female backstroke swimmers Bulgarian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Bulgaria Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in England Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish female freestyle swimmers Galatasaray Swimming swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Turkey Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games