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Ekaterina Avramova
Personal information
Full nameEkaterina Avramova
NicknameKaty Avramova
National team Bulgaria (2007−2013)
 Turkey (2014–)
Born (1991-11-12) November 12, 1991 (age 32)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sports career
Medal record
Women’s Swimming
Representing  Turkey
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 100m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 200m backstroke
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubGalatasaray Swimming

Ekaterina Avramova (Bulgarian: Екатерина Аврамова; born 12 November 1991 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian-born swimmer competing for Turkey.

She started her professional career in 2007. In 2009, she moved from Bulgaria to live and continue her training in London, U.K. as part of Ealing Swimming Club, for which she competed in 50m, 100 m and 200 m backstoke at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Sao Joao in Porto, Portugal.[1] After Bulgaria cut off funding for her following the 2012 Summer Olympics, she decided in August 2014 to move to Turkey accepting the Turkish citizenship.[2]

Ekaterina competes at the very high level of swimming, she was 2016 European Championships finalist in 50 m backstroke,[3] 2018 European Chanpionships semi-finalist in 200m backstroke,[4] and World Championship finalist in the 4×100 m freestyle relay,[5] double Olympian competing at London 2012 for Bulgaria and at Rio 2016 for Turkey.[6]

Ekaterina Avramova is the current Turkish National Record holder in all backstroke events both long and short course. She is a member of Galatasaray Swimming.

References

  1. ^ "Ealing with Ekaterina Avramova". Torneio Internacional de Sao Joao. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Fonu kesildi, Türkiye'yi seçti!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ekaterina Avramova finale çıktı >date=20 May 2016". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Milli yüzücü Ekaterina Avramova yarı finalde". SporX (in Turkish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Turkcell'li Millilerden Dünya Yüzme Şampiyonası'nda 13 rekor". SporX (in Turkish). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Ekaterina Avramova: Umarım Tokyo 2020'de finale kalırım". Fanatik (in Turkish). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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