Yavuz grew up in Bornova and trained gymnastics at Şavkar CSK in Gaziemir, İzmir.[1][2][3]
Yavuz won the silver medal in the junior all-around at the 2018 Turkish Championships, behind Nazlı Savranbaşı.[4] At the 2018 Gym Festival Trnava in Slovakia, she placed tenth in the all-around.[5] She and the Turkish team finished 13th at the 2018 Junior European Championships.[6][7]
Yavuz only competed on the balance beam and floor exercise at the 2019 Turkish Championships and did not advance into either apparatus final.[8] Then at the 2019 Gym Festival Trnava, she placed seventh in the all-around and finished fourth in the vault final.[9]
Yavuz became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2020. At the 2020 Turkish Championships, she only competed on the uneven bars and balance beam and finished sixth in the uneven bars final.[10] She competed at the 2020 European Championships alongside Cemre Kendirci, Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı, Dilara Yurtdaş, and Bilge Tarhan, and they finished fourth in the team final.[11]
Yavuz only competed on the vault at the 2021 Varna World Challenge Cups and finished 13th in the qualifications.[12] At the 2021 Turkish Team Championships, she won a silver medal with the Şavkar CSK team. Individually, she placed seventh in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars.[13] She finished tenth in the all-around and eighth in the balance beam final at the 2022 Turkish Championships.[14] This was the final competition of her career.[15]
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