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Naz Arıcı

Naz Arıcı (born 29 July 1982) is a Turkish figure skater who competes at adult figure skating competitions. After taking up the sport aged 29, she began competing professionally in 2015 and has won three gold medals between 2019 and 2024.

Naz Arıcı
Born (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 42)
Ankara, Turkey
Figure skating career
CoachTimuçin Özbükücü
Medal record
Adult figure skating: Ladies' free singles
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Life and career

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1982-2018: Early life

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Naz Arıcı was born to two teachers in Ankara, Turkey, on 29 July 1982.[1][2] She studied electrical/electronic engineering at Atılım University in Ankara.[3] After graduating with honors,[4] she spent time working as an engineer,[2] a job she quit in 2016.[5] She started ice skating aged 29 while severely depressed as a result of the death of her best friend and tried to teach herself using videos on the internet[5] before taking lessons by the coaches Timuçin Özbükücü, whom she met during a public ice skating session,[5] and Duygu Salur.[1] A member of the Yenimahalle Municipality Sports Club in Ankara,[6][7] she moved to Erzurum after the Olympic ice rink in Ankara closed in order to continue with her exercise.[5] She injured her left knee and broke her right toe before her first international competition.[5]

In May 2015, aged 32, she participated as the first Turkish sportswoman at an international adult figure skating competition. She competed in the Bronze Ladies I Free Skating (FS) event, which is the age range category for those 28–37 years old, at the Adult Figure Skating Competition organized by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. She became champion with 34.67 points among 35 competitors from 15 countries.[1][2][5][8][9] With her success in 2015, she paved the way to adult figure skating in her country,[1][4] and so the adult figure skating branch was established by the Turkish Ice Skating Federation in 2016. She has won all Turkish championships since then.[4] In June 2016, she took the first title again in the same event at the competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, with 41.19 points among 36 participants from 12 countries.[1][2][10][11]

Promoted to the Silver I FS category, Arıcı repeated her champions title at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in August/September that year with 35.75 points among nine participants from six countries.[1][12] She became champion with 34.97 points at the Turkish Adult Figure Skating Championship organized by the İce Skating Federation and held in BelPa Ice Skating Facility, Ankara, in January 2017.[13] In May that year, Arıcı competed in the Silver I FS event at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, and became champion with a record score of 58.01 points among 22 figure skaters from 15 countries.[1][2][6][14][15] Promoted to the Gold I category, she took part in the Free Skating event at the 2018 International Adult Competition in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and was runner-up with 42.27 points among nine participants from three countries.[1][2][16]

2019-present: Later life

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In May 2019, Arıcı competed in the Gold I FS event at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany. She failed for the first time to win a medal, and ranked sixth with 45.57 points among 13 competitors from ten countries.[17] That year, she became the four-time consecutive Turkish champion in Adult Figure Skating[6] and won a gold medal at that year's Swan Challenge in Bled, Slovenia, in the Single Ladies Free Skating Gold I event with 40.77 points.[1][2][6][18] She took also a silver medal in the Single Ladies Artistic Free Skating Gold YA+I event at the same competition with 18.67 points among three competitors from three counties.[1][2][19]

Arıcı was entitled to compete at the 2020 Winter World Masters Games, which is held every four years, as the first and only sportsperson from Turkey.[6] At that event, she was placed in the Gold II FS category, which is for those between the ages of 38 and 47. In May 2022, she participated at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, where she failed to win a medal and ranked sixth with 45.63 points among 12 competitors from seven countries.[20] She competed at the 2023 ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, in May and captured the gold medal with 55.69 points among 17 participants from 13 countries.[1][2][21] In January 2024, Arıcı competed in the Gold II FS event at the Winter World Masters Games in Lombardy, Italy, and captured the gold medal with 51.22 points among 21 competitors from nine countries.[7][22][23] She also won the silver medal at that event during the 2024 ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, in May with 52.16 points among 13 participants from ten countries.[24] That month, she became Turkish champion in the Adult II event at the Figure Skating Youth Cup in Samsun.[22]

International competition record

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Year Date Place Competition Event Rank Score No. of competitors/no. of countries Ref
2015 18–23 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Bronze I FS   34.67 35/15 [8]
2016 13–18 June Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Bronze I FS   41.19 36/12 [10]
29 August – 3 September Vancouver, Canada ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Silver I FS   35.75 9/6 [12]
2017 22–27 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Silver I FS   58.01 22/15 [14]
2018 11–13 October Burnaby, Canada International Adult Competition Gold I FS   42.27 9/3 [16]
2019 19–-25 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Gold I FS 6th 45.57 13/10 [17]
1–3 November Bled, Slovenia Swan Challenge Single FS Gold I   40.77 2/2 [18]
Single Artistic FS Gold YA+I   18.67 3/3 [19]
2022 23–28 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Gold II FS 6th 45.63 12/7 [20]
2023 15–20 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Gold II FS   55.69 17/13 [21]
2024 12–21 January Lombardy, Italy Winter World Masters Games Gold II FS   51.22 21/9 [23]
12–17 May Oberstdorf, Germany ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition Gold II FS   52.16 13/10 [24]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Naz Aroco" (in Turkish). Yaşam Çyküsü. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Naz Arıcı kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli? Naz Aracı başarıları neler?". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Atılım Üniversitesi's Post" (in Turkish). linked in. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Kocabaş, Gonca (31 August 2023). "İkiz gibi büyüdüğü arkadaşı ölünce kararını verdi! 29 yaşında başladı, 5 kez şampiyon oldu". Mİlliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Buzun mühendisi altın kuğu". Genç İfade (in Turkish). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Altın Kuğu'nun altın sezonu" (in Turkish). Yenimahalle Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Naz Arıcı, Altın Kığu Kış Oyunlarında Dünya Şampiyonu Oldu". Anka News Agency (in Turkish). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Bronze Ladies I Free Skating Result". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Bronze Ladies I Free Skating Entries". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Bronze Ladies I Free Skating Result". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Bronze Ladies I Free Skating Entries". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Silver Women (1 FS) – Category Result Summary" (PDF). Skating in BC – International Adult Figure Skating Competition 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Yenimahalle'nin Buz Kraliçesi Türkiye Birincisi Oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 16 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Silver Ladies I Free Skating Result". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Silver Ladies I Free Skating Entries". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  16. ^ a b "2018 Adult Competition Burnaby, BC – Gold Women (I) Category Result Summary" (PDF). Skate Canada BC YT. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Gold Ladies I Free Skating Result". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Single Ladies Free Skating Gold I – Result". Swan Challenge 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Single Ladies Artistic Free Skating Gold YA+I – Result". Swan Chalenge 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Gold Women II Free Skating Result". ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Gold Women II Free Skating Result". International Adult Figure Skating Competition 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  22. ^ a b Kargın, Ergun (16 June 2024). "Artistik buz pateninin "Altın Kuğu"su yeni madalyalar peşinde". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Results Adult Gold WomenII" (PDF). Winter World Masters Games 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Gold Women II Free Skating Result". USU International Adult Figure Skating Competition. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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