Ebrar Karakurt
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Nickname | The Black Wolf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24) Balıkesir, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 304 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite / Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 5 July 2018 |
Ebrar Karakurt (Turkish pronunciation: [ebɾɑɾ kɑˈɾɑkuɾt] ⓘ; born 17 January 2000) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] tall and plays as opposite. She plays for Lokomotiv Kaliningrad of Russia and Turkey women's national volleyball team.[2][3]
Volleyball career
Club
Karakurt started her volleyball career at DSİ Spor in Balıkesir. After settling in Bursa, she continued to play in her school team at Bursa Bahçeşehir Anadolu High School, and at the same time in the Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor.[4] She played for Bursa BB in the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League.[5] She has two club licenses, which allow her to play for Bursa BB and Vakıfbank.[6] She was a member of the youth team at Vakıfbank before she was taken to the senior team.[6][7][8]
She was part of the Vakıfbank team, which became champion of the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League. She played with the Vakifbank team until moving to the Turkish team Türk Hava Yolları in 2020.[9]
National team
She was part of the Turkey U18 team, and played at the 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship in the Netherlands,[10] as well as at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[11] She was named one of the two Best outside spikers of the world tournament.[12]
She participated at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia with the Turkey U23 team, which became the champion of the tournament.[7][13]
After being admitted to the Turkey national team, she experienced many important achievements, the most current of which is the silver medal at the 2019 Women's European Championship[14] organized in Ankara, Turkey. Before that, she played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League with her team and reached to the silver medal.[15][citation needed]
Personal life
In August 2021 Karakurt shared a photo of herself and her girlfriend on her Instagram account. The Instagram post was published by the conservative newspaper Takvim, which called her sexual orientation and relationship "scandalous", which in turn led to her being subjected to homophobic slurs on social media.[16][17] Turkish televangelist Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü criticized her by saying that he "wonder[ed] what kind of troubles she could gather on [Turks]".[18] After the attacks Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.[17] The Turkish National Volleyball Federation spokesperson Kurtaran Mumcu supported Karakurt and criticized the homophobic comments directed at her. Demet Akalın, Eda Erdem Dündar and Naz Aydemir were among the people that have shown support to Karakurt.[19][20]
In an interview with Turkish daily-published and online sports newspaper Fanatik, Karakurt admitted to be a diehard Beşiktaş fan and often posts pictures on her social media account wearing Beşiktaş jersey[21]
Honours
Club
- 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League
2019 FIVB Club World Championship – *Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
National team
- 2017 U23 World Championship-
Gold Medal
- 2018 Nations League –
Silver Medal
- 2019 European Championship –
Silver Medal
- 2021 Nations League –
Bronze Medal
- 2021 European Championship
Bronze Medal
- 2023 Nations League –
Gold Medal
- 2023 European Championship –
Gold Medal
Individual
- 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship – "Best outside spikers"
- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best outside spikers"
- 2023 CEV European Championship – "Best outside spikers"
References
- ^ "Turkey National Team Roster". eurovolley.cev.eu. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". Volleyball Nations League. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Bahçeşehir'den iki yıldız voleybolcu". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 11 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2014–2015 Bayanlar Ligi – 19 Ebrar Karakurt" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Dünya Şampiyonu Ebrar Karakurt 1.Lig'de forma giyecek". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Ebrar Karakurt – The Turkish Promise". Volleyball Movies. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "VakıfBank A Takımı'na altyapıdan 3 yeni oyuncu". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Ebrar Karakurt moves on loan to T.Airlines". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy take the lead in Pool I". CEV. 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Karakurt: "Maçı Aldığımız Yanlışına Düştük, Unutmamamız Gereken Bir Ders"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "U18 Milliler Dünya 4., Ebrar Rüya takımda". Voleybol Aktuel (in Turkish). 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "U23 Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı 2017 Dünya 23 Yaş Altı Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'nı kazandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "CEV EuroVolley 2019 - Women | EuroVolley". eurovolley.cev.eu. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Olympics-Volleyball- Turkey's flamboyant spiker wants to snatch medal". Yahoo Sports. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Ebrar Karakurt'un en büyük sırrı ifşa oldu! Herkes olimpiyatın yıldızı kimdir diye merak ederken skandal patlak verdi çıkanlar fena". takvim.com.tr. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse". BBC News. 16 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Cüppeli Ahmet, milli voleybolcu Ebrar Karakurt'u hedef aldı: Başımıza ne işler açacak". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Turks rally around Olympic volleyball star attacked over sexuality – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu'ndan homofobik saldırılara maruz kalan Ebrar Karakurt'a destek". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Ebrar Karakurt'tan Beşiktaş sözleri". Fanatik. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
External links
- Ebrar Karakurt at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Ebrar Karakurt at WorldofVolley
- Ebrar Karakurt at Volleybox
- Ebrar Karakurt at Olympics.com
- Ebrar Karakurt at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ebrar Karakurt at Olympedia
- Ebrar Karakurt at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ebrar Karakurt at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
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Preceded by | Best Opposite Spiker of FIVB Nations League 2019 | Succeeded by |