Yeliz Yılmaz (born 19 August 1980) is a Turkish handballer playing in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

for Kastamonu Bld. GSK. She has been a member of the Turkish national team. The sportswomen plays in the right back position.

Club career

Yeliz Yılmaz played for several teams in Turkey, including Üsküdar Bld. SK (2000–2004, 2007–2013), Havelsan SK (2004–2006), Maltepe Bld. SK (2013–14), and 1907 Kanaryaspor (2014–15). She was also in Romania with CS Rulmentul Brasov (2006–07). In June 2015, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld. GSK from 1907 Kanaryaspor. In June 2017, she transferred to Üsküdar Bld. from Kastamonu Bld. GSK. After she played 1 season for Üsküdar she went to Yalıkavak Spor Kulübü. Since 2018 she is captain of the Yalıkavak Spor Kulübü. She took part in the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

( 1997–98, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2011–12), the

Women's EHF Challenge Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier co ...

( 2001–02,

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, 2013–14 and 2015–16), the

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

( 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09) as well as the

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...

( 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10,

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and 2011–12).

International career

Yılmaz played more than 400 times for the Turkish national team. Yılmaz is part of the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

. She played the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches. She was member of the silver medal-winning national team at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the International Committee of Mediterran ...

held in

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, Italy. In 2017, she won the silver medal with the national team at the

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games () is a multinational, multi-sport event. Managed jointly by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), the Games involve elite athletes of the OIC competing in a ...

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, Azerbaycan. Yılmaz was part of the Turkey women's national beach handball team.

Honours

Club

;

* ''Winners'' (4): 1997–98, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11 * ''Runners-up'' (5): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–13

International

; Handball at the Mediterranean Games * ''Runner-up'' (1): 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Yeliz 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish female handball players Turkey women's national handball players Turkish beach handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish expatriate handball players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Handball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Üsküdar Belediyespor players Kastamonu Bld. SK (women's handball) players Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey World Games bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 World Games Expatriate handball players in Romania