Yıldız Aras
Born (1977-11-10) November 10, 1977
Istanbul, Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul
NationalityTurkish
Division+60 kg, open
StyleKarate Kumite
TeamKocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Rank3rd, 1st (open)
UniversityMarmara University
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Tampere open
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monterrey team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Madrid team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Munich open
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Rio de Janeiro open
Gold medal – first place 1998 Rio de Janeiro team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Duisburg open
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Manila open
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Zagreb +68kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Tallinn +60kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Tallinn open
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bratislava +60kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bratislava open
Silver medal – second place 2006 Stavanger +60kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Stavanger open
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tenerife +60kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tenerife open
Gold medal – first place 2004 Moscow open
Gold medal – first place 2004 Moscow team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bremen +60kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Bremen open
Gold medal – first place 2002 Tallinn open
Gold medal – first place 2001 Sofia team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Istanbul open
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Istanbul team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Euboea team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Belgrade team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Santa Cruz de Tenerife team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Paris open
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almeria +65kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeria open
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis open
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari open
World University Karate Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Kyoto +60kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Kyoto team
European Cadet & Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Greece +60kg

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. 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 / 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

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]

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

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 "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.
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