Turkey (officially competing as ) is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be Turkey's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
The Turkish team comprises 24 athletes (6 men and 18 women) competing in five sports. Short track speed skater Muhammed Bozdağ and ice hockey player Sidre Hacıosmanoğlu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
On 21 January, short track speed skater Muhammed Bozdağ earned the silver medal in the men's 1000 metres, becoming the first Turkish athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal outside of mixed-NOC competition. Ice hockey player Sidre Özer was the first Turkish athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal, earning bronze with the mixed-NOC "Team Blue" in the girls' 3x3 ice hockey mixed tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing112Biathlon011Curling336Ice hockey01313Short track speed skating202 Total61824
Medalists MedalName Sport Event Date Muhammed Bozdağ Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres
Alpine skiing
Turkey qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankThomas Kaan Önol LangMen's super-Gcolspan=4Did not startMen's giant slalom54.5951Did not finishMen's slalom51.924056.74231:48.6623Ada HasırcıWomen's giant slalom56.60391:01.21331:57.8133Women's slalomDid not finish
Biathlon
Turkey qualified one female biathlete.
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankZülal TürkSprint29:09.58 (3+5)82Individual48:21.75 (1+1+2+1)78
Curling
Turkey qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes. Summary TeamEventGroup Stage Quarterfinal SemifinalFinal / Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score RankMuhammed Taha ZenitBurcu HaşılMuhammet Berat AteşŞüheda KaracalıMixed teamL 2–6W 22–2L 2–8L 7–8L 0–5L 2–8W 6–36Did not advance12Derya EkmekçiBerat AybarMixed doublesL 1–10W 6–3L 5–9L 4–13W 10–5colspan=24Did not advance15
Mixed team
Group ASkip Li Zetai 6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04 Kenna Ponzio 6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38 Kaito Fujii 5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53 Vilmer Nygren 5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05 Alexander Johansen 3 4 – 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33 Muhammed Taha Zenit 2 5 – 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17 Jed Nevill 1 6 – 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52 Goodnews Charles 0 7 – 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
Draw 1 Saturday, January 20, 10:00
Draw 2 Saturday, January 20, 18:00
Draw 3 Sunday, January 21, 14:00
Draw 4 Monday, January 22, 10:00
Draw 5 Monday, January 22, 18:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, January 23, 14:00
Draw 7 Wednesday, January 24, 9:00
Mixed doubles
Group C 5 0 – 56.80 4 1 – 38.84 3 2 – 77.39 2 3 – 89.37 1 4 – 94.80 0 5 – 112.92
Round robin
Draw 4 Saturday, January 27, 18:00
Draw 5 Sunday, January 28, 10:00
Draw 8 Monday, January 29, 10:00
Draw 13 Tuesday, January 30, 18:00
Draw 15 Wednesday, January 31, 12:30
Ice hockey
Turkey qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament.
Roster Turkish-American Ashley Elizabeth Salerno was the team's head coach.
Fatma Bengisu Açarı Melis Arslan Melisa Çağdaş Ekin Daş Eylül Daş – A Ece Eraşcı Dolunay Beren Erbakan Tan Nisan Göksal – C Sidre Deniz Hacıosmanoğlu Azra Betül Kılaç Beray Derin Okut Eda Seçen Azra Nur Şenyuva – A
Women's 3x3 tournament Summary
TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinalOpponentScoreOpponentScoreOpponentScoreOpponentScoreOpponentScoreOpponentScoreOpponentScoreRankOpponentScoreOpponentScoreRankWomen's 3x3 tournamentL 3–5L 0–18W 11–2L 1–4L 9–2W 10–2W 9–15Did not advance
Preliminary round
Short track speed skating
Turkey qualified two male short track speed skaters.
Men AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time RankMuhammed Bozdağ500 m42.2202 Q41.9023 q42.3294 FB42.91581000 m1:30.4092 Q1:27.5923 q1:26.1213 FA1:26.3491500 mcolspan=22:31.5831 Q2:33.2682 FA2:24.4427Toprak Efe Eroğlu500 m43.6673Did not advance1000 m1:39.7703Did not advance1500 mcolspan=22:32.9972 Q2:34.1484 FB2:41.4999
See also Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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