Yıldız Aras

Yıldız Aras
Born (1977-11-10) November 10, 1977
Istanbul, Turkey
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

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. As of May 2009, she is world's best in women's kumite open division.[1]

Personal life

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.[2]

Sports career

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.[2]

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.[2]

Achievements

Individual

2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1998
1997
1996

Team

2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997

World ranking

As of May 9, 2009, she ranks:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Competitors and their successes : Yildiz Aras". Karate Records. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. 1 2 3 Kaya, Nurullah (2007-08-29). "Türk karatesinin Avrupa'daki parlak yıldızı: Yıldız Aras". Zaman Sporvizyon (in Turkish). Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  4. "2nd World University Karate Championship". FISU. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
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