İclal Karaman
| İclal Karaman | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 2003 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Milli Piyango CA, Erzurum |
| Skip | Dilşat Yıldız |
| Third | Öznur Polat |
| Second | İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu |
| Lead | Berfin Şengül |
| Alternate | İclal Karaman |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Turkey |
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2024) |
İclal Karaman (born February 23, 2003)[1] is a Turkish curler from Erzurum, Turkey.[2] She is currently the alternate on the Turkish National Women's Curling Team skipped by Dilşat Yıldız.
Career[edit]
In 2022, Karaman was set to play third the Turkish junior women's team at the 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships before the event was cancelled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the men's event.[3] She threw second stones for the Turkish team at the 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships during the 2022–23 season. The team, led by Ilknur Urusan, finished 4–1 in the round robin and won 8–4 over Denmark in the quarterfinals. They then lost 7–2 to Scotland in the semifinal and 11–10 to Korea in the bronze medal game, finishing in fourth place and just outside of qualifying for the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships.[4]
Karaman joined the Turkish national women's team following the 2023 European Curling Championships, replacing Mihriban Polat as alternate. As the team had finished eighth at the European championship, they qualified for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship.[5] In the new year, the team competed in the 2024 Cortina Curling Cup where they defeated higher ranked teams such as Stefania Constantini, Marianne Rørvik and Xenia Schwaller en route to claiming Turkey's first women's World Curling Tour event title.[6] At the World Championship, the team had a slow start and never recovered, finishing with a 3–9 record and tenth place overall.[7] Notability, the team gave Canada's Rachel Homan one of their toughest games of the event.[8] With Turkey leading by one in the tenth, Homan needed a precise runback for the victory, which she made.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Karaman is currently a student athlete.[2][10]
Teams[edit]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22[11] | Berfin Şengül | İclal Karaman | İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu | Ilknur Urusan | Selenay Diler |
| 2022–23 | Berfin Şengül (Fourth) | Nilay Arzik | İclal Karaman | Ilknur Urusan (Skip) | Nisanur Kaya |
| 2023–24 | Dilşat Yıldız | Öznur Polat | İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu | Berfin Şengül | İclal Karaman |
| Berfin Şengül (Fourth) | İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu | İclal Karaman | Ilknur Urusan (Skip) | Melisa Cömert |
References[edit]
- ^ "Wishing Iclal Karaman the happiest of birthdays here at the #wjcc 🥳". Facebook. World Curling Federation. February 23, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2022 cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". World Curling Federation. January 6, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Canada women win World Junior-B gold". World Curling Federation. December 19, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Semi-final field complete at the Europeans". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Yildiz wins Cortina Curling Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Saturday's World Women's play-off matchups set". World Curling Federation. March 23, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Fired up!". Curling Canada. March 20, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Canada's Team Homan survive Türkiye to stay undefeated, clinch playoff spot at worlds". TSN. March 20, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Anna Kubešková (January 9, 2024). ""You get beat, but it's what makes you stronger" — Elite curlers reflect on junior days". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "İclal Karaman Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
