Ecem Dönmez (born 29 October 1998) is a Turkish

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in

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of 100 m and 200 m events. She takes part at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Sport career

Dönmez's passion for swimming started at the age of eight. Already at age 13, she set a new national record. Dönmez is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. Dönmez competed in the freestyle relay event at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

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, South Korea. She won the bronze medal together with Ela Naz Özdemir, Gizem Güvenç and Zehra Duru Bilgin in the freestyle relay event at the

2024 European Aquatics Championships The 2024 European Aquatics Championships took place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 23 June 2024. Schedule A total of 74 medal events are held across 4 disciplines. Competition dates by discipline are: * Swimming: 17–23 June * Open water ...

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, Serbia. She was qualified to represent her country at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

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, France together with her teammates Ela Naz Özdemir, Gizem Güvenç and Zehra Bilgin within the first 16 teams with 8:05.21 in the Women's freestyle relay event of the

2024 World Aquatics Championships The 2024 World Aquatics Championships, the 21st edition of the World Aquatics Championships, were held in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 18 February 2024. Originally scheduled to be held in November 2023, the championships were postponed until February ...

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, Qatar.

Personal life

Ecem Dönmez was born on 29 October 1998. She studied Political science and International relations at

Yeditepe University Yeditepe University () is a private non-profit university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Established by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ('', İSTEK Vakfı'') in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims to be the largest of the 74 priva ...

in Istanbul. Ece Dönmez and

Berkay Ömer Öğretir Berkay Ömer Öğretir (born 16 February 1998) is a Turkish swimmer. He qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Sport career He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) ...

(born 1998), another Turkish swimmer competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, married in Paris on 2 August after completing their competitions at the Olympic Games.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donmez, Ecem 1998 births Living people Swimmers from Istanbul Yeditepe University alumni Turkish female freestyle swimmers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Fenerbahçe swimmers Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Turkey