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İrem Karamete

İrem Karamete (born 20 June 1993) is a Turkish fencer competing in the foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the first Turkish fencer to qualify for the Olympics since 1984.

İrem Karamete
İrem Karamete (April 2016)
Personal information
Birth nameİrem Karamete
Full nameİrem Karamete
National teamTurkey
Born (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31)
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma materÖzyeğin University
Boston University
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportFencing
EventFoil
Coached byDamir Sayfutdinov
Now coachingAndrea Baldini
Updated on 7 August 2020

Early life

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Karamete was born into a fencing family in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 June 1993. Her father Mehmet Karamete coached the Israeli and German national fencing teams, as well as his spouse Nili Drori.[1][2] İrem's mother Nili competed in the women's individual foil events for Israel at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][3] Her older sister Merve also competed in fencing, and was a member of the national team.[1][4]

Karamete completed her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering with an athletic scholarship at Ozyegin University, Istanbul. She was the captain of her university's fencing team where she also won four individual titles in a row. In 2019, she completed her master's degree in global marketing management at Boston University, USA.[5]

Sports career

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Karamete started fencing at the age of 10. In only five years she reached the national team representing Turkey in international competitions. In those years, she also won the " Turkish Champion " title in the cadet & junior categories several times. She competed in many European and World Cadet & Junior championships, reaching the top 16 at the 2009 tournament in Bourges, France. Karamete won a bronze medal at the Cadet & Junior Mediterranean Championships the same year.

Karamete won the Turkish Championship 10 times between 2011 and 2019.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

In 2012, Karamete took the gold medal at the Mediterranean Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship held in Poreč, Croatia after the Turkish women's fencing team defeated France in the final.[12] In the same season, Karamete finished in the top 16 at both Junior World Cups in Budapest and Belgrade.[4][5][13][12]

Karamete took the bronze medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. She was the first Turkish woman to obtain a medal in fencing for her country in 42 years.

 
2016 Summer Olympics qualification celebration

In the 2014–2015 season, Karamete took a silver medal in Cancún, Mexico, a gold medal in Antalya, Turkey, a bronze medal both in Kocaeli, Turkey and Copenhagen, Denmark at the satellite tournament events. She represented her country at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[4] Karamete was the silver medalist at the 2015 Balkan Championships in Niš, Serbia.[1][14]

Karamete qualified for participation at the 2016 Rio Olympics after a successful showing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic. In doing so, she became the first Turkish fencer to compete at the Olympics since the 1984 competition.[1][15][16][17]

In May 2018, Karamete won the bronze medal representing her country at the Satellite Cup Bucharest.[18] At the end of the season, she finished in the Top 16 at the Senior European Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia, and Top 32 at the Senior World Championships in Wuxi, China.[19]

In the 2019–2020 season, the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Karamete obtained the following results representing Turkey: a gold medal in Antalya, bronze medals at the senior satellite tournament events in Bucharest and Amsterdam, and Top 32 at the Turin Grand Prix. These finishes gave her important points for Olympic qualification goals.[20][21][22][23]

She competed at the 2022 European Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual foil event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[24]

Personal life

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On 29 July 2020, Karamete married her coach, Italian Olympic fencer Andrea Baldini, in Istanbul.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Tarihi Başarı! Ülkemizi Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda Temsil Edecek Müthiş Yetenek İrem Karamete" (in Turkish). Onedior. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Young Turkish fencer on way to represent Turkey at Rio Olympics". Daily Sabah. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Nili Drori Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Türk Kafilesinin En Gençleri Bakü 2015'ten Umutlu" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b "ÖzÜ'den Bir Öğrenci: İrem Karamete" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. ^ "ÖzÜ Öğrencisi İrem Karamete, Eskrim Büyükler Türkiye Şampiyonası'nda İkinci Oldu" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. ^ "İrem Karamete Türkiye Büyükler Eskrim Flöre Şampiyonu" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Ozyegin University Student İrem Karamete Claims the Gold Medal". Study in Turkey. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Üniversiteler Arası Türkiye Şampiyonları Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). Parat Ripost. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Eskrim Şampiyonasında Birinci Gün Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Championnats du Monde – Fleuret Feminine, Budapest 05 aout 2013 – Tableau de 64" (in French). 2013 World Fencing Championships. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Özyeğin University Prep Student Irem Karamete Receives A Gold Medal From the Mediterranean Fencing". Özyeğin Üniversitesi. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Hasal Spor Klübü Eskrim Başarılarımız" (in Turkish). İstanbul/ Üsküdar – Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anadolu Lisesi. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Yeniden Hayat Bulan Büyükler Balkan Şampiyonası'nda 2 Gümüş ve 1 Bronz Madalya Kazandık" (in Turkish). Parat Ripost. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Öğrencimiz İrem Karamete 2016 Rio Olimpiyatları'nda…" (in Turkish). Özyeğin Üniversitesi. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Olimpiyat gururu". Sözcü (in Turkish). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Olimpiyatlara yeni kota". Habertürk (in Turkish). 16 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  18. ^ "13 May 2018 satellite Tournoi Satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  19. ^ "17 Jun 2018zone championships Championnats d'Europe". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  20. ^ "19 Oct 2019satellite Tournoi Satelite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  21. ^ "22 Sep 2019satellite Tournoi satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  22. ^ "08 Sep 2019satellite Tournoi satellite". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  23. ^ "07 Feb 2020grand prix Grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Fiori d'arancio per Andrea Baldini e Irem Karamete: i due fiorettisti hanno si sono sposati a Istanbul" (in Italian). Pianetascherma.com. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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