Ekaterina Avramova (swimmer)
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| Full name | Ekaterina Avramova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Katy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Bulgaria (2007−2013)  Turkey (2014–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ENKA Spor Kulübü | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ekaterina Avramova (Bulgarian: Екатерина Аврамова; born 12 November 1991, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian-born swimmer competing for Turkey.[1][2]
Career
She learned how to swim at age 7 and her first coach was Jorj Stankovich. Her mother had represented Bulgaria in water polo.[2] Avramova started her professional swimming career in 2007 representing Bulgaria at the European Short Course championship in Debrecen (Hungary). From that year until end of 2013 she represented Bulgaria in every major international competition. She broke the national backstroke records more than 70 times, both LC and SC.[citation needed]
In 2009, she moved from Bulgaria, to live and continue her training in London, U.K. as part of Ealing Swimming Club with Head Coach David Heathcock. Avramova qualified for the London Olympic Games in 2012 on both 100m and 200m backstroke.
After Bulgaria cut off funding for her following the 2012 Summer Olympics, she decided in August 2014 to move to Turkey accepting Turkish citizenship, and competing for Turkey.[3]
Avramova was semi-finalist in the 2011 World Long Course Championship; Finalist in 50m,100m and 200m at the European Short Course Championship in 2011;2016 European Championships finalist in 50m and 100m backstroke and 200m back semi-finalist,[4] 5 timed gold medalist at the Islamic Games in Baku 2017; 2 times bronze medalist at the Mediterranean Games in 2018; 2018 European Championships semi-finalist in 200m backstroke,[5] and World Championship finalist in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.[6] She has competed at two Olympics, competing at London 2012 for Bulgaria and at Rio 2016 for Turkey.[7]
Ekaterina Avramova is the current Turkish and Bulgarian National Record holder in all backstroke events both long and short course. She is a member of ENKA Spor Kulubu since 2018, as prior to that she competed for Galatasaray and Fenerbahce.
As of December 2022, she is the Turkish record holder in the 100 and 200 m backstroke shortcourse, and the 50 m backstroke long course (she is also still the Bulgarian record holder in the 200 m backstroke long course), and was part of the teams that hold the national record in the women's 4 x 50 m medley relay and mixed 4 x 50 m freestyle relay (shortcourse) and mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley relays (long course).[2]
References
- ^ "Ekaterina AVRAMOVA Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05.
- ^ a b c "Ekaterina AVRAMOVA | Results | FINA Official".
- ^ "Fonu kesildi, Türkiye'yi seçti!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Ekaterina Avramova finale çıktı >date=20 May 2016". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Milli yüzücü Ekaterina Avramova yarı finalde". SporX (in Turkish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Turkcell'li Millilerden Dünya Yüzme Şampiyonası'nda 13 rekor". SporX (in Turkish). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Ekaterina Avramova: Umarım Tokyo 2020'de finale kalırım". Fanatik (in Turkish). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
External links
- Ekaterina Avramova at Olympics.com
- Ekaterina Avramova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Sofia
- Turkish female backstroke swimmers
- Bulgarian female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Bulgaria
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Turkish female freestyle swimmers
- Galatasaray Swimming swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Turkey
- Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Bulgarian people of Turkish descent
- Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games