Burak DemirboÄŸa (born 7 June 1996) is a Turkish
figure skater
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. He has won three senior international medals and is a seven-time
Turkish national champion (2018–24). He competed in the final segment at two
European Championships
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(2018, 2020).
Personal life
DemirboÄŸa was born on 7 June 1996 in
Kocaeli, Turkey.
[ His older brother, Ali DemirboÄŸa, has also competed in figure skating and contributes to his choreography.][
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Career
Early years and junior international career
DemirboÄŸa began learning to skate in 2002.[ His first junior international competition, the ]European Youth Olympic Festival
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, took place in February 2011 in Trabzon
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, Turkey. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix
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(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 Santa Claus Cup in Hungary. He took bronze at the Turkish Championships. In January 2016, he won his first senior international medal – bronze at Skate Helena.
The following season, he became the Turkish national silver medalist.
2017–2018 season
Demirboğa won the bronze medal at the Denkova-Staviski Cup 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 2018 European Championships
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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 Milan
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, Italy, finishing twenty-eighth.
2018–2019 season
DemirboÄŸa began the season with finishing ninth at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. He then went on to win his second consecutive title at the 2019 Turkish Championships.
Selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships in Minsk
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, Belarus
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, DemirboÄŸa placed twenty-eighth. He also went on to win the bronze medal at the 2019 Dragon Trophy. DemirboÄŸa ended his season with finishing thirtieth at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan
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.
2019–20
DemirboÄŸa started his season at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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, placing ninth. He also went on to win the bronze medal at the 2019 Halloween Cup.
At the 2020 Turkish Championships, DemirboÄŸa won the gold medal. He then competed at the 2020 Sofia Trophy, winning the silver medal.
Competing at the 2020 European Championships in Graz
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, Austria
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, where he finished twenty-fourth.
While DemirboÄŸa was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal
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, Quebec
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, the event was ultimately cancelled due to rising concerns regarding the COVID-19
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pandemic.[
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2020–21 season
DemirboÄŸa began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, before going on to win the silver medal at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy.
He then won his fourth national title at the 2021 Turkish Championships. DemirboÄŸa ended the season at the 2021 International Challenge Cup, finishing sixth.
2021–22 season
DemirboÄŸa started the season by competing at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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, finishing ninth, before going on to compete at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria
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where he placed fourteenth.
At the 2022 Turkish Championships, DemirboÄŸa won the gold medal. He then went on to compete at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
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, finishing seventeenth.
DemirboÄŸa competed at the 2022 European Championships
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in Tallinn
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, Estonia
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, finishing twenty-third, before going on to compete at the 2022 Sofia Trophy where he placed fourth.
At the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier
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, France
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, DemirboÄŸa finished twenty-eighth.
2022–23 season
Beginning the season at the 2022 Cup of Nice, DemirboÄŸa finished fourth. Going on to compete at the 2022 Denkova-Staviski Cup, DemirboÄŸa won the gold medal.
At the 2022 Bosphorus Cup, DemirboÄŸa won the silver medal. He then went on to win his sixth national title at the 2023 Turkish Championships.
Competing at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland
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, DemirboÄŸa finished twentieth, before going on to compete at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan
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, where DemirboÄŸa finished twenty-eighth.
Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from İzmit
Turkish male single skaters
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
21st-century Turkish sportsmen