Aylin Yıldızoğlu (born February 13, 1975, in
Ä°zmir
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,
Turkey
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) is a
Turkish female basketball player.
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Career
Aylin
Aylin (, ), also spelled as Aelyn, Aelin, Ailin, Ailyn, Ailynn, Aylinn and Eylin, is a female Turkish name, Turkish given name. It is sometimes used as a given name in the English-speaking world in modern times. The name Aylin means "moon halo" or ...
played 13 years for Ceyhan Municipality and then for BotaÅŸ Spor. In 2003, she won three titles with BotaÅŸ Spor in one season, Turkish Women's Basketball League
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championship, Turkey Cup and President’s Cup. In summer 2005, the captain
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of BotaÅŸ Spor transferred back to Ceyhan Municipality.
International career
Yıldızoğlu played in the gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
winning national team
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at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
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in AlmerÃa
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, Spain
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.
Personal life
Since 1999, she is married to Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu, coach of Botaş Spor women’s team.
See also
* Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in Athletics (sport), athletics, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participati ...
References
1975 births
Basketball players from Ä°zmir
Living people
Turkish women's basketball players
BotaÅŸ SK players
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