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competed at the

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Competitors

Alpine skiing

A 37th-place finish for Duygu Ulusoy in the Women's giant slalom was the best result for Turkey's Alpine Skiing entrants.

Cross-country skiing

The Turkish cross-country team got its top finish in the men's team sprint event, where

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and Sebahattin Oglago finished 22nd. ;Distance ;Sprint

Figure skating

Tuğba Karademir, who finished 22nd in the ladies' event, gained some notoriety due to being featured by American network

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, which opened one of its most watched broadcasts with a feature on her. Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Officials

*Mehmet Ali Şahin, Minister for Sports *Togay Bayatlı, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey *Neşe Gündoğan, Secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey *Hüseyin Doğan, Olympic attaché *Mehmet Atalay, Team chief *Sezai Bağbaşı, Administrator *Yunus Akgül, Administrator *Özer Ayık, Administrator *Ahmet Kalaycıoğlu, Physician *Oleksandr Averin, Trainer cross-country skiing *Atakan Araftargil, Trainer Alpine skiing *Robert Tebby, Trainer figure skating

References

National Olympic Committee of Turkey official website
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