Kelime Çetinkaya

Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya
Born (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982
Kars, Turkey
Height 160
Ski club Esentepe Sports Club
Kelime Çetinkaya bearing Turkish flag at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics

Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya (born 15 June 1982) is a Turkish female cross country skier. Since 2001 she has competed in four Olympic Games as part of the Turkish national team, in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Career

Kelime 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 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 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 Sapporo in 2007. Her best World Cup finish was 46th in a sprint event in Italy in 2004.

Olympic Games

In 2002, Çetinkaya became the first Turkish athlete to take part in the Winter Olympics. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 49th in the 30 km event at Turin in 2006.

She was the flagbearer for Turkey at the 2010 Olympics.

References

Olympic Games
Preceded by
Tuğba Karademir		 Flagbearer for  Turkey
Vancouver 2010		 Succeeded by
Alper Uçar
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