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Yıldız Aras

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Yıldız Aras
Born (1977-11-10) November 10, 1977 (age 46)
Istanbul, Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul
NationalityTurkish
Division+60 kg, open
StyleKarate Kumite
TeamKocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Rank3rd, 1st (open)
UniversityMarmara University

Yıldız Aras (born November 10, 1977, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. Aras is member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Karate team.[citation needed] As of May 2009, she is world's best in women's kumite open division.[1]

Personal life

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She was born as the fifth daughter to her father from Kars / Arpaçay and to her mother from Sivas /zara. She is a graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sports at the Marmara University in Istanbul.[2]

Sports career

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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

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Individual

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

Team

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2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997

World ranking

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

  • World: 3rd
  • Kumite female +60 kg (World): 8th
  • Kumite female +68 kg (World): 3rd
  • Kumite female open (World): 1st

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Competitors and their successes : Yildiz Aras". Karate Records. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. ^ a b c Kaya, Nurullah (2007-08-29). "Türk karatesinin Avrupa'daki parlak yıldızı: Yıldız Aras". Zaman Sporvizyon (in Turkish). Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ersoy çırlar". Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  4. ^ "2nd World University Karate Championship". FISU. Retrieved 2009-10-31.