Ayşenur Duman

Ayşenur Duman (born 1 March 1999) is a Turkish female Olympian cross-country skier.[1]

Ayşenur Duman
Country Turkey
Born (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999
Peçenek village, Çamlıdere, Ankara Province, Turkey
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Ski clubEsentepe Sports Club

Early life

Ayşenur Duman was born in Peçenek village of Çamlıdere district of Ankara Province, Turkey. She lives in Gerede, Bolu Province.[2]

She is a student of Physical Education at Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu.[2]

Career

Duman began skiing at the age of ten encouraged by her physical education teacher. In Gerede, where she now lives, she found opportunity to exercise in a training camp center for skiing. She performs diverse exercises daily for 1.5 – 3 hours, and does cross-country skiing for 20–30 km (12–19 mi) a day.[2]

She was admitted to the national team in 2014. As of 2018, she has a participation record of 65 international competitions with 19 medals won. She is coached by the Turkish female cross-country skier Kelime Çetinkaya, who competed four times in Winter Olympic Games.[2]

Duman took part at the Cross-Country Skiing Balkan Cup held in Ravna Gora, Croatia on February 27-28, 2016, and won the bronze medal in the women's 5 km freestyle event and the silver medal in the women's 10 km freestyle event.[3] She participated at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival held in Erzurum, Turkey.[1] She ranked within the first ten, the best success ever for Turkey in that sport discipline.[2] She won a bronze medal at the International Roller Skiing Championships held in Metsovo, Greece on September 1–3, 2017.[4]

Duman was qualified to take part at the Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.[2][5]

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See also

References
  1. "Duman Aysenur". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. "Yaşı küçük hedefi büyük Ayşenur Duman". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. "Ayşenur'dan Tarihi Başarı". Bolu Gündem (in Turkish). 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  4. Güzeltüek, Barış (2017-09-08). "Ayşenur Duman'dan Bronz Madalya". Bolu Gündem (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  5. "Eight athletes to represent Turkey at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics". Hürriyet Daily News. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
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