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

Şükriye Yılmaz was born in a village of

Gümüşhane Province Gümüşhane Province ( Pontic Greek, Romeika: Αργυρούπολη) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northern Turkey, bordering Bayburt Province, Bayburt to the east, Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the north, Giresun Province, Giresun and E ...

, Turkey in 2001. She is the youngest of her two siblings. She finished the İmam Hatip Anatolian Girls' High School in her hometown. She is a student of Physical Education and Sports at Gümüşhane University.

Sports career

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. 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. At the 2018 World Championship in

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, Turkey, she became champion on the left arm and took the silver medal on the right arm in the 55 kg Juniur category. At the 2019 World Championship in

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, Romania, she became champion on the left arm of the Junior 55 kg category. 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.

International individual achievements

References

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