Neşe Şensoy Yıldız

Neşe Şensoy Yıldız
Personal information
Born	10 June 1974 (age 50); Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍48 kg
Club	Ordu Judo Ihtisas Club
Coached by	Haldun Efemgil
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2000, 2004)
World Champ.	(2003)
European Champ.	(2006)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Turkey
World Championships
European Championships
Mediterranean Games
Profile at external databases
IJF	52932
JudoInside.com	7529
	Updated on 17 November 2022

Neşe Şensoy Yıldız (born 10 June 1974 in Istanbul) is a Turkish judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.^[1] She held two Turkish senior titles in her own division, and picked up a total of twenty medals in her career, including a gold from the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia, a silver from the 2006 European Judo Championships in Tampere, Finland, and a bronze from the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan. Yildiz represented her nation Turkey in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), where she failed to reach the quarterfinals in the 48-kg division. Throughout most of her sporting career, Yildiz trained for Ordu Judo Ihtisas Club in her native Istanbul under head coach and sensei Haldun Efemgil.^[2]^[3]

Yildiz made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She received a bye in the first round, but succumbed her opening match to Ukraine's Lyudmyla Lusnikova upon the judges' irrevocable decision.^[4]^[5] In 2001, Yildiz reached the pinnacle of her judo career at the Mediterranean Games, where she became the first female Turkish judoka to capture the gold medal in her sport upon pinning Italy's Giuseppina Macrì in the final match by an ippon score.^[6] Two years later, Yildiz shared bronze medals with Cuba's Danieska Carrión in the same division at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan to guarantee her spot on the Turkish team for her second Olympic stint.^[7]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Yildiz qualified as a lone female judoka for her second Turkish squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg), by placing third and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.^[7]^[8] Yildiz opened her fight with a more convincing victory by a waza-ari score over North Korea's Ri Kyong-ok, before she fell shortly in her next match to South Korea's Ye Gue-rin with a double shido deduction and a non-combative penalty.^[9]^[10]

Shortly after her second Olympic stint, Yildiz redeemed her strength to pick up two more bronze medals in her career hardware at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, and later at the 2005 European Judo Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[11] The following year, Yildiz capped off her judo career with a silver medal in the 48-kg division at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland, losing the final match to Romanian judoka and reigning champion Alina Dumitru.^[12]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neşe Şensoy Yıldız". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Judonun umudu var" [There is hope in judo] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Olimpiyatlar ve Belediyespor" [Olympics and sports club] (in Turkish). Türkiye. 3 October 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Sydney 2000: Judo – Women's Extra-Lightweight (48kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 108–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "Judonun umudu var" [There is hope in judo] (in Turkish). Sabah. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ Erçetin, Tevfik; Akengin, Gökhan (14 September 2001). "Judoda altın Neşe Şensoy'un" [Neşe Şensoy wins gold in judo] (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Judoda Şensoy bronz kazandı" [Şensoy claims the bronze] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ Uluer, Serdar (3 August 2004). "Atina'ya 67 sporcu" [67 athletes will go to Athens] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Judo: Women's Extra-Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "Judoda Neşe Şensoy Yıldız elendi" [Neşe Şensoy Yıldız is eliminated in judo] (in Turkish). Zaman. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Balci, Polatci strike gold". Hürriyet Daily News. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "JSuç ve ceza!" [Crime and punishment!] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2014.