| Yıldız Aras | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 10, 1977 Istanbul |
| Residence | Istanbul |
| Nationality | Turkey |
| Division | +60 kg, open |
| Style | Karate Kumite |
| Team | Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü |
| Rank | 3rd, 1st (open) |
| University | Marmara University |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Karate | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2006 Tampere | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2004 Monterrey | Kumite team |
| Gold | 2002 Madrid | Kumite team |
| Gold | 2000 Munich | Kumite open |
| Bronze | 1998 Rio de Janeiro | Kumite open |
| Gold | 1998 Rio de Janeiro | Kumite team |
| World Games | ||
| Gold | 2005 Duisburg | Kumite open |
| World Cup | ||
| Bronze | 1997 Manila | Kumite open |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2009 Zagreb | Kumite +68kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Tallinn | Kumite +60kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Tallinn | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2007 Bratislava | Kumite +60kg |
| Bronze | 2007 Bratislava | Kumite open |
| Silver | 2006 Stavanger | Kumite +60kg |
| Silver | 2006 Stavanger | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2005 Tenerife | Kumite +60kg |
| Bronze | 2005 Tenerife | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2004 Moscow | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2004 Moscow | Kumite team |
| Gold | 2003 Bremen | Kumite +60kg |
| Bronze | 2003 Bremen | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2002 Tallinn | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2001 Sofia | Kumite team |
| Gold | 2000 Istanbul | Kumite open |
| Bronze | 2000 Istanbul | Kumite team |
| Gold | 1999 Euboea | Kumite team |
| Bronze | 1998 Belgrade | Kumite team |
| Bronze | 1997 Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Kumite team |
| Bronze | 1996 Paris | Kumite open |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| Silver | 2005 Almeria | Kumite +65kg |
| Gold | 2005 Almeria | Kumite open |
| Gold | 2001 Tunis | Kumite open |
| Gold | 1997 Bari | Kumite open |
| World University Karate Championships | ||
| Silver | 2000 Kyoto | Kumite +60kg |
| Bronze | 2000 Kyoto | Kumite team |
| European Cadet & Junior Championships | ||
| Gold | 1997 Greece | Kumite +60kg |
Yıldız Aras (born November 10, 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. Aras is member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Karate team.[1] As of May 2009, she is world's best in women's kumite open division.[2]
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She was born as the fifth daughter to her father from Kars and to her mother from Sivas. She is a graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sports at the Marmara University in Istanbul.[3]
Inspired from the TV films depicting martial arts that became very popular in Turkey in the late 1980s, she entered in 1987, at the age of only 10, into a karate course in her neighborhood. She became a member of the Ersoy Çırlar Sport Club. Her first trainer was Yüksel Baltay, a former national karateka.[3]
Aras was admitted to the national team in 1994. She has been nicknamed by foreign sportspeople as the "Strong Girl". Holding three world champion titles, seven European champion titles, and three Mediterranean Games champion titles, she is the most successful Turkish sportsperson ever, but without any Olympic medal, since karate is not an acknowledged discipline at the Olympic Games.[3]
As of May 9, 2009, she ranks:[2]