Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Turkey
games=2006 Winter
competitors=6 (3 men, 3 women)
sports=3
flagbearer=Tuğba Karademir
officials=12

Turkey competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Events

Alpine skiing

;Men's giant slalom:

;Women's slalom:

Cross-country skiing

Men’s

* Muhammet Kızılarslan
** 15 km classical: 45:06.8 (75th)
** Team sprint (Semifinal 1): 19:46.5 (12th)
** Individual sprint: 2:28.94 (64th)

* Sebahattin Oglago
** 15 km classical: 42:18.9 (56th)
** Team sprint (Semifinal 1): 19:46.5 (12th)
** 30 km freestyle, mass start: 1:34:07.2 (49th place)
** 30 km pursuit(15+15): 1h28:03.8 (66th)
** 50 km freestyle, mass start: Did not finish
** Individual sprint: 2:31.10 (67th)

Women’s

* Kelime Aydın
** 10 km classical
** 15 km pursuit (7.5+7.5): Did not finish

Figure skating

Women's

* Tuğba Karademir: Short Program - 44.20: Free Skate - 79.44: Total - 123.64 (21st place)

Officials

*Mehmet Ali Şahin, Minister for Sports
*Togay Bayatlı, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
*Neşe Gündoğan, Secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
*Hüseyin Doğan, Olympic attaché
*Mehmet Atalay, Team chief
*Sezai Bağbaşı, Administrator
*Yunus Akgül, Administrator
*Özer Ayık, Administrator
*Ahmet Kalaycıoğlu, Physician
*Oleksandr Averin, Trainer cross-country skiing
*Atakan Araftargil, Trainer Alpine skiing
*Robert Tebby, Trainer figure skating

References

* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/athletes?lname=all&country=tur&sport=all Yahoo! Sports – Turkey]
* [http://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/eng/homeng.htm National Olympic Committee of Turkey official website]