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Yıldız Aras
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Residence
Istanbul
Division
+60 kg, open
Rank
3rd, 1st (open)
Nationality
Turkey
Style
Karate Kumite
Name
Yildiz Aras
Born
November 10, 1977 (age 46)
Istanbul (
1977-11-10
)
Team
Kocaeli Buyuksehir Belediyesi Kagit Spor Kulubu
D nya karate ampiyonu y ld z aras ile s yle i
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.
Y ld z aras d nyaya meydan okuyan t rk k z world karate champion
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.
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.
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.
Individual
2009
44th European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia – May 8–10 – kumite +68 kg
2008
43rd European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia – May 2–4 – kumite +60 kg , kumite open
2007
42nd European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia – May 4–6 – kumite +60 kg , kumite open
Italian Open in Monza, Italy – March 31-April 1 – kumite +60 kg – 5th
2006
18th World Championships in Tampere, Finland – October 12–15 – kumite open
41st European Championships in Stavanger, Norway – May 5–7 – kumite +60 kg , kumite open
2005
World Games in Duisburg, Germany – July 23–24 – kumite open
15th Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain – June 24-July 3 – kumite +65 kg , kumite open
40th European Championships in Tenerife, Spain – May 13–15 – kumite +60 kg , kumite open
2004
39th European Championships in Moscow, Russia – May 7–9 – kumite open
2003
38th European Championships in Bremen, Germany – May 9–11 – kumite +60 kg , kumite open
2002
37th European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia – May 3–5 – kumite open
2001
14th Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia – September 2–15 – kumite open
2000
2nd World University Karate Championships in Kyoto, Japan – July 7–9 – kumite +60 kg
15th World Championships in Munich, Germany – October 12–15 – kumite open
35th European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey – May 5–7 – kumite open
1998
14th World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – October 18 – kumite open
1997
World Cup in Manila, Philippines – September 13–14 – kumite open
24th European Cadet & Junior Championships in Greece – kumite +60 kg
13th Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy – June 13–25 – kumite open
1996
31st European Championships in Paris, France – May 3–5 – kumite open
Team
2004
39th European Championships in Moscow, Russia – May 7–9 – kumite female team
17th World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico – November 18–21 – kumite female team
2002
16th World Championships in Madrid, Spain – November 21–24 – kumite female team
2001
36th European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria – May 11–13 – kumite female team
2000
2nd World University Karate Championships in Kyoto, Japan – July 7–9 – kumite female team
35th European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey – May 5–7 – kumite female team
1999
34th European Championships in Euboea, Greece – May 21–23 – kumite female team
1998
33rd European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia – May 8–10 – kumite female team
14th World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – October 18 – kumite female team
1997
32nd European Championships in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain – May 2–4 – kumite female team
