Duygu Ulusoy (aka: Duygu Gül Ulusoy; born April 24, 1987, in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

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), is a female

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competing in the alpine discipline. She represented

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, becoming the first female Turkish Alpine skier in the

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Duygu Duygu is a common Turkish given name. It is also a common word used as a noun, adjective or verb in everyday but also written language. For example, "duygusal olmak" translates into "to be sensitive". "Duygulanmak" translates into "to be touched b ...

, born to a Turkish family living in Germany, started skiing in her age of six. She attended ski courses for three years in her hometown Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and drew soon her trainer’s attention with her talent. In her short sports career, she received more than 30 medals in her age’s categories of skiing. In summer 2004, she decided to compete for Turkey after her club in Germany demoted her following an ankle injury. During a summer holiday in Darboğaz,

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points in slalom and 93 FIS points in

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

. In her first race in Turkey, Ulusoy received gold medal in the juniors’ category at the Turkey Ski Championships. Her only concern is to be alone in Turkey during the camps, however she hopes her family will be returning to Turkey soon. She participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics as the only female skier in the Turkish alpine ski team.

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