Orhun Yüce (born August 25, 1998) is a Turkish curler from

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. He currently plays

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on the Turkish National Men's Curling Team skipped by Uğurcan Karagöz.

Career

Yüce made his international début at the

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playing lead on the Turkish team, skipped by Alican Karataş. The team finished pool play with a 5–1 record. This put them into the playoffs, where they beat Hungary in the round of 16, but lost to Norway in the quarterfinals. Yüce joined the Turkish men's team (skipped by Uğurcan Karagöz) in 2019, making his début for the national team at the

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, playing in the "B" division. The team finished pool play with a 6–1 record, then beat Spain before losing to the Czech Republic in the playoffs. At the same time he was on the men's team, Yüce was also a member of the Turkish junior men's team, playing in one tournament with the team, the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships. Yüce played

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on the team, which was skipped by

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. The team finished with a 5–2 record, but lost in the quarterfinals, to Italy. Following the abbreviated

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which was mostly cancelled due to the

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, the Turkish men's team's next major event was the

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played at home in Erzurum, in an attempt to qualify Turkey for the Olympic Qualification Event. The team, skipped by Karagöz made it to the qualification final, where they lost to Finland. The team then played in

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, where Turkey was playing in the "B" event again. The team had a strong event, finishing 6–1 in pool play, in first place. They then won all of their playoff games, qualifying Turkey for the 2022 World Qualification Event as well as the

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main event. At the 2022 World Qualification Event, the team, now led by Karakurt, went 3–3, missing the playoffs and an attempt to qualify for the

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. At the

, the team, skipped by Karagöz again, went 4–5, good enough to qualify the team for the

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, the first World Men's Championship for Turkey. On the

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, the team won the 2023 Belgium Men's Challenger. At the World Championships, the team finished in eleventh place, with a 2–11 record, winning the first ever games at the Worlds for the Turkish men's team.

Personal life

Yüce is currently employed as a curling instructor.

Teams

References

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