İrem Karamete

İrem Karamete (born June 20, 1993) is a Turkish female fencer competing in the foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the first Turkish fencer to qualify for the Olympics since 1984.

İrem Karamete
İrem Karamete (April 2016)
Personal information
National teamTurkey
Born (1993-06-20) June 20, 1993
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma materÖzyeğin University
Boston University
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportFencing
Event(s)Foil
Coached byDamir Sayfutdinov
Now coachingAndrea Baldini
Updated on 7 August 2020.

Early life

Karamete was born into a fencing family in Istanbul, Turkey on June 20, 1993. Her father Mehmet Karamete coached the Israeli and German national fencing teams, as well as his spouse Nili Drori.[1][2] İrem's mother Nili competed in the women's individual foil events for Israel at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][3] Her older sister Merve Karamete also competed fencing, and was a member of the national team.[1][4]

She studied her bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering with an athletic scholarship at Ozyegin University, Istanbul. She was the captain of her university's fencing team where she also won 4 times in a row individual titles. In 2019, she completed her master degree in Global Marketing Management at Boston University, USA.[5]

Sports career

Karamete started fencing at age of 10. In 5 years only she reached the national team representing Turkey in international competitions. In those years, she also obtained several times the " Turkish Champion " title in Cadet & Junior category. She competed in many European and World Cadet&Junior championships reaching the top 16 at editions held in Bourges, France (2009) Karamete won a bronze medal at the Cadet&Junior Mediterranean Championships in the same year.

She won 10 times Turkish Championship between 2011-2019.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

In 2012, she took gold medal at the Mediterranean Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship held in Poreč, Croatia with the Turkish women's fencing team after defeating France in the final.[12] In the same season, Karamete finished top 16 at both Junior World Cup in Budapest and Belgrade.[4][5][13][12]

Karamete took the bronze medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. She was the first Turkish woman obtaining a medal in fencing after 42 years for her country.

2016 Summer Olympics qualification celebration

In the 2014-2015 season, she took a silver medal in Cancún, Mexico, a gold medal in Antalya, Turkey, a bronze medal both in Kocaeli Turkey, and Copenhagen, Denmark at the satellite tournament events. She represented her country at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[4] Karamete was the silver medalist at the 2015 Balkan Championships in Niš, Serbia.[1][14]

Karamete qualified for participation at the 2016 Rio Olympics after a successful showing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic. In doing so, she became the first Turkish fencer to compete at the Olympics since the 1984 competition after 32 years.[1][15][16][17]

In May 2018, she won the bronze medal at Satellite Cup Bucharest.[18] At the end of the season, she was classified in Top16 at the Senior European Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia and Top 32 at the Senior World Championships in Wuxi, China.[19]

In the 2019-2020 season, road to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, she obtained the following results; gold medal in Antalya , bronze medals in Bucharest and Amsterdam at the senior satellite tournament events and Top 32 at the Turin Grand Prix that gave her important points for qualification goals.[20][21][22][23]

Personal life

On July 29, 2020, she got married in Istanbul to her coach, Italian Olympic fencer Andrea Baldini.[24]

References
  1. "Tarihi Başarı! Ülkemizi Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda Temsil Edecek Müthiş Yetenek İrem Karamete" (in Turkish). Onedior. April 19, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  2. "Young Turkish fencer on way to represent Turkey at Rio Olympics". Daily Sabah. July 13, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. "Nili Drori Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  4. "Türk Kafilesinin En Gençleri Bakü 2015'ten Umutlu" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. June 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  5. "ÖzÜ'den Bir Öğrenci: İrem Karamete" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  6. "ÖzÜ Öğrencisi İrem Karamete, Eskrim Büyükler Türkiye Şampiyonası'nda İkinci Oldu" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. November 22, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  7. "İrem Karamete Türkiye Büyükler Eskrim Flöre Şampiyonu" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. September 8, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  8. "Ozyegin University Student İrem Karamete Claims the Gold Medal". Study in Turkey. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  9. "Üniversiteler Arası Türkiye Şampiyonları Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). Parat Ripost. May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  10. "Eskrim Şampiyonasında Birinci Gün Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi. April 16, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  11. "Championnats du Monde – Fleuret Feminine, Budapest 05 aout 2013 – Tableau de 64" (in French). 2013 World Fencing Championships. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  12. "Özyeğin University Prep Student Irem Karamete Receives A Gold Medal From the Mediterranean Fencing". Özyeğin Üniversitesi. January 30, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  13. "Hasal Spor Klübü Eskrim Başarılarımız" (in Turkish). İstanbul/ Üsküdar – Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anadolu Lisesi. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  14. "Yeniden Hayat Bulan Büyükler Balkan Şampiyonası'nda 2 Gümüş ve 1 Bronz Madalya Kazandık" (in Turkish). Parat Ripost. November 1, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  15. "Öğrencimiz İrem Karamete 2016 Rio Olimpiyatları'nda…" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  16. "Olimpiyat gururu". Sözcü (in Turkish). April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  17. "Olimpiyatlara yeni kota". Habertürk (in Turkish). April 16, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  18. "13 May 2018 satellite Tournoi Satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  19. "17 Jun 2018zone championships Championnats d'Europe". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  20. "19 Oct 2019satellite Tournoi Satelite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  21. "22 Sep 2019satellite Tournoi satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  22. "08 Sep 2019satellite Tournoi satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  23. "07 Feb 2020grand prix Grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  24. "Fiori d'arancio per Andrea Baldini e Irem Karamete: i due fiorettisti hanno si sono sposati a Istanbul" (in Italian). Pianetascherma.com. July 30, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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