Şükriye Yılmaz

Yılmaz met armwrestling when she changed her school, where she played handball. After two months of training, she decided to pursue this sport at age 14 in 2015.^[1][3] Although the armwrestling is widely known as a men's sport, she continued to perform. She went to her first tournament without the knowledge of her parents. Yılmaz proved herself to her family with her achievements. She became successful at national and international level.^[3]

At the 2018 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey, she became champion on the left arm and took the silver medal on the right arm in the 55 kg Juniur category.^[1] At the 2019 World Championship in Constanța, Romania, she became champion on the left arm of the Junior 55 kg category.^[2][4]

She is a member of Gümüşhane Belediyesi Sports Club. She is coached by Davut Altuntaş. The successes of Yılmaz, who had to train with male athletes due to the lack of female armwrestlers in this branch in the years she started, also changed the view of women living in the city towards arm wrestling.^[1]