| Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer | |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Adana, Turkey |
| Residence: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Weight: | 65kg (143lb) |
| Trainer: | Hakan Şahade |
| Occupation: | Primary education teacher |
| University: | Gazi University, Ankara |
| Spouse: | Erhan Deniz |
| Club: | Star Academy Sport Club, Adana |
Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer (born 4 October 1983), nicknamed "Prenses Zeyna" (Turkish for "Xena the Warrior Princess"), is a Turkish female martial artist competing in the boxing, Muay Thai and wushu disciplines. She is a member of the Star Academy Sport Club in Adana, where she is coached by Hakan Şahade.[1] [2]
She was born on 4 October 1983 in Adana as the second child of four siblings. Inspired by her boxer uncles, Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer began in 1995 with training in boxing. After fighting in amateur boxing some years, she got interested in wushu. In 2004, she began Muay Thai performing.[1] [3]
After the high school, she attended the Gazi University in Ankara, and gained in 2002 a degree in Sports and Physical Education. After some years of unemployment, she became a secondary education school teacher in Istanbul.[1] [4]
Asked about her nickname, she comments:
There is a saying that "a good wrestler keeps his ear intact, and a good boxer his nose". I could keep my face undemolished sofar. At a tournament in Hungary, my Russian opponents named me "Xena the Warrior Princess". My husband calls me now also "Xena".[1]
On 16 September 2010 Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer married K-1 fighter Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz, a Turkish kickboxing champion and her former trainer.[5]