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Şükriye Yılmaz

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Şükriye Yılmaz
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born2001 (age 22–23)
Gümüşhane, Turkey
Alma materGümüşhane University
Years active2015–
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportArmwrestling
Event55 kg
ClubGümüşhane Belediyesi S.K.
Coached byDavut Altıntaş

Şükriye Yılmaz (born 2001) is a Turkish armwrestler competing in the 60 kg category. She won medals mostly in the 55 kg category of Youth and Junior events.

Early life and education

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Şükriye Yılmaz was born in a village of Gümüşhane Province, Turkey in 2001.[1][2][3][4] She is the youngest of her two siblings.[1][3]

She finished the İmam Hatip Anatolian Girls' High School in her hometown.[1][3] She is a student of Physical Education and Sports at Gümüşhane University.[5]

Sports career

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Yılmaz met armwrestling when she changed her school, where she played handball. After two months of training, she decided to pursue this sport at age 14 in 2015.[1][3] Although the armwrestling is widely known as a men's sport, she continued to perform. She went to her first tournament without the knowledge of her parents. Yılmaz proved herself to her family with her achievements. She became successful at national and international level.[3]

At the 2018 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey, she became champion on the left arm and took the silver medal on the right arm in the 55 kg Juniur category.[1] At the 2019 World Championship in Constanța, Romania, she became champion on the left arm of the Junior 55 kg category.[2][4]

She is a member of Gümüşhane Belediyesi Sports Club. She is coached by Davut Altuntaş. The successes of Yılmaz, who had to train with male athletes due to the lack of female armwrestlers in this branch in the years she started, also changed the view of women living in the city towards arm wrestling.[1]

International individual achievements

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Year Date Location Competition Event
(kg)
Left
rm
Right
arm
Ref.
2018 25 May – 3 Jun Bulgaria Sofia 28th European Champ. Junior 55 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [1]
55 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
12–21 Oct Turkey Antalya 40th World Champ. Junior 55 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [2]
55 - 7th
2019 26 Oct – 4 Nov Romania Constanța 41st World Champ. Junior 55 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [3]
55 8th 9th
2021 23 Nov – 3 Dec Romania Bucharest 42nd World Champi. Youth 55 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) [4]
55 4th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 14–23 Oct Turkey Antalya 43rd World Champ. Youth 55 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) [5]
55 10th 5th

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gümüşhaneli 17 yaşındaki milli bilek güreşi sporcusu Şükriye Yılmaz". Habertürk (in Turkish). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Şükriye Yılmaz dünyanın bileğini büküp asker selamı verdi". Fanatik (in Turkish). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Erkek sporu yapamazsın' diyenlere inat 5 kez dünya şampiyonu oldu". Medya (in Turkish). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Dünyanın bileğini büküp asker selamı verdi". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Dünya Bilek Güreşi Şampiyonasına Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Damgası" (in Turkish). Gümüşhane Üniversitesi - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksek Okulu. Retrieved 10 December 2022.