Gülşah Kıyak

Gülşah Kıyak
Born 1989 (age 28–29)
Ankara, Turkey
Residence Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Division Sanshou 60 kg
Style Wushu
Trainer İrfan Doruk
University Uludağ University, Bursa
Notable club(s) Altınayak Sport Club, Esenler, Istanbul
Gülşah Kıyak
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Wushu - Sanshou
World Championships
2009 Toronto 60 kg
World Cup
2010 Chongqing 60 kg
European Championships
2010 Antalya 60 kg
2008 Warsaw 60 kg
European Junior Championships
2007 Warsaw 60 kg

Gülşah Kıyak (born in 1989) is a Turkish female wushu practitioner competing in the Sanshou 60 kg division. She is a member of the Altınayak Youth and Sports Club in Esenler, Istanbul, where she is coached by İrfan Doruk.[1] Since 2008, she is a student of Sports and Physical Education at the Uludağ University in Bursa.[2]

Early years

Gülşah Kıyak was born 1989 in Ankara as the youngest child of the family. Her parents moved in 1999 to Istanbul. Her father Hikmet Kıyak enrolled her upon an advice from a friend of him at martial arts training. So, she began practicing wushu in 2000 at the age of eleven in a small sport center in Esenler, Istanbul. Five years later in 2005, she won her first official champion title in the Istanbul tournament.[2]

Achievements

Kich boxing
  •  Gold (63 kg) 2005 National Youth Kick boxing Championships, Çorum, Turkey[3]
Wushu

Awards

  • 2008 Best female wushu practitioner (Awarded by EWuF at the 12th EWuC)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gülşah'ı Altın İçin Uğurladık" (in Turkish). haberler.com. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "20 Yaşında 43 Madalya" (in Turkish). spor.haberler.com. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Gülşah, Türkiye şampiyonu". eni Şafak (in Turkish). 2005-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  4. ↑ "Safranbolu Wushu-Sanshou Türkiye Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). mucadelesporları.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  5. ↑ "Wushu Sanda'da 1 Atlın, 1 Gümüş, 5 Bronz" (in Turkish). Siyah Kuşak. 2010-12-20. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2010-01-15.


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