Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer Explained

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]

Early life

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".
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Family

On 16 September 2010 Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer married K-1 fighter Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz, a Turkish kickboxing champion and her former trainer.[5]

Achievements

Muay Thai:
Wushu:

Notes and References

  1. News: "Prenses Zeyna" rakiplerinin korkulu rüyası . Star Gazete . 2010-12-22 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 .
  2. News: Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer Gurur Veriyor . SporBox . 2010-06-22 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 . 24 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081426/http://www.sporbox.net/tr/s_detay.asp?id=5124 . dead .
  3. News: Sadece ringde dövüşürüm... . . Turul, Özge . 1999-05-26 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 .
  4. News: 'Dayak yeriz' diye almıyorlar . . Örgen, Esra . 2006-10-22 . Turkish. 2011-01-16 .
  5. Web site: Zeyna ve Pitbul Son Raundu Yaptılar . Karakucak . 2010-09-23 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 . 2008-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081229143338/http://www.karakusak.net/haber_detay.asp?haberID=266 . dead .
  6. News: Muay Tahai'de madalya gururu . . 2007-10-16 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 .
  7. News: Tayland değil Bodrum. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019194810/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/tayland-degil-bodrum/ege/haberdetayarsiv/19.04.2010/1226788/default.htm. 19 Oct 2012. . Turkish . 2011-01-16 .
  8. News: Adanalı Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer Muaythai Dünya Şampiyonu oldu . Osmaniye Haber . 2010-12-18 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 . 20 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101220094714/http://www.osmaniye.web.tr/haber-Adanali-Nurhayat-Hicyakmazer-Muaythai-Dunya-Sampiyonu-oldu-5056/ . dead .
  9. News: Wushu'da büyük başarı . Ajans Spor . 2007-11-19 . Turkish . 2011-01-16 .