Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya (born 15 June 1982) is a Turkish cross-country skier. She became the first Turkish female athlete to compete in the

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. She has competed in four Olympics as part of the Turkish national team, in

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and

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Career

Çetinkaya has competed in international competitions since 2000. In 2001, she competed as part of the Turkish junior team, and as an adult in the

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in years 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. She had two victories in the FIS World Cup races. Çetinkaya's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 41st in the 30 km event at

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. Her best World Cup finish was 46th in a sprint event in Italy in 2004.

Olympics

In 2002, Çetinkaya became the first Turkish female athlete to take part in the

. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 49th in the 30 km event at

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in the

. She was the flagbearer for Turkey in the 2010 Olympics.

Bibliography

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Turkey National Olympic Committee website (in Turkish)
* ttp://www.milliyet.com.tr/2004/03/07/spor/spo15.html Turkish newspaper Milliyet (in Turkish)
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1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Kars Turkish female cross-country skiers Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Olympic cross-country skiers for Turkey Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics {{Turkey-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub