Yeliz Fındık (born in 1976) is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 female martial artist competing in the Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

, boxing

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

, Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

, Kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 and wushu

Wushu (sport)

The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...

 discipilines.

Early life

As she was 9 years old, She became acquainted with martial arts in the fitness center, where her elder sister used to practise Taekwondo for weight loss. However, she had to discontinue her training twelve years long due to serious burning injuries on her face she sustained from an accident with electric shock at the age of 13.

Following a number of plastic surgeries, she returned to actiive sport and gained success in competitions. Her marriage with a trainer for martial arts helped her to extend the styles she is practizing onto five different disciplines.

Achievements

Kickboxing: (+65 kg) 2006 National Kickboxing Championships - August 26-September 1, 2006, Malatya

Malatya

Malatya ) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...

, Turkey (70 kg) 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon)

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 were the joint eighteenth European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the second to be held in Portugal and the city of Lisbon...

 (Full-Contact) - October 24–30, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal (70 kg) 2008 National Kickboxing Championships - July 2–5, 2008, Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

, Turkey

Muay Thai: (67 kg) 2008 European Amateur Muay Thai Championships - June 22–28, 2008, Zgorzelec

Zgorzelec

Zgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33,278 inhabitants . It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zgorzelec County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Zgorzelec...

, Poland (63.5 kg) 2009 National Muay Thai Championships - April 15–19, 2009, Antalya

Antalya

Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

, Turkey (63.5 kg) 2009 European Amateur Muay Thai Championships - May 15–19, 2009, Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

Taekwondo: (67 kg) 2009 Turkey Western Group Adults Takwondo Championships - January 15–18, 2009, Alanya

Alanya

Alanya , formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a component district of Antalya Province in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey, from the city of Antalya. On the southern coast of Turkey, the district has an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants...

, Turkey

Wushu: (65 kg) 2008 National Wushu Championships - July 17–20, 2008, Ordu

Ordu

Ordu 'army') is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and the capital of Ordu Province. Estimated population c. 2010: 141,341.-Etymology:...

, Turkey (65 kg ) 13th European Wushu Championships

2010 European Wushu Championships

The 2010 European Wushu Championships are the 13th edition of the European Wushu Championships for adults and juniors, and were held at Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall in Antalya, Turkey between March 6-13, 2010.A total of 394 athletes from 28 countries participated at the championships...

 - March 6–13, 2010, Antalya

Antalya

Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

, Turkey