Refika Yılmaz

Refika Yılmaz
Born (1990-06-19) 19 June 1990
Turkey
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots right
TBHBL team
Former teams		 ODTÜ SK
Police Academy SK
Milenyum Paten SK
National team  Turkey
Playing career –present

Refika Yılmaz (born June 19, 1990) is a Turkish women's ice hockey player. She plays in the Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League for ODTÜ SK, and is also a member of the Turkey women's national ice hockey team. The 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) tall sportswoman at 57 kg (126 lb) plays in the defence position shooting right-handed.[1][2] Yılmaz is a teacher.

Early life

At age eight, Refika Yılmaz received a pair of inline skates from her mother as a gift. She was discovered while performing inline skating on the streets. At age 14, she began ice hockey playing.[3][4]

Yılmaz graduated in 2015 from the Faculty of Sports Science at Hacettepe University in Ankara. She works as a teacher of physical education.[3][4]

Playing career

Club

Yılmaz entered ice hockey team of Police Academy SK in Ankara. She played for her alma mater's ice hockey team and Milenyum Paten SK before she transferred to ODTÜ SK, an ice hockey club sponsored by the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ).[1][2][3][5][6][7]

International

Yılmaz was admitted to the national ice hockey team already at age 16.[4] She is a member of the Turkey women's national ice hockey team and currently serves as their captain. She took part at the 2007 World Championships Div. IV matches in Romania,[8] 2011 Winter Universiade in Turkey,[9] 2011 World Championships Div. V matches in Bulgaria,[10] 2015 Women's World Championships Div. II B qualification matches in Hong Kong,[5][11] and 2016 Women's World Championship Div. II Group B matches in Spain.[1]

Honours

Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Team Roster Turkey" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. 1 2 "VBilgi Bankası: Refika Yılmaz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hızlı, sert, heyecanlı buz hokeyi tam bizlik". Start (in Turkish). 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. 1 2 3 "“Keşfedilmek ya da keşfetmek zorundayız”". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. 1 2 "Hong Kong'ta namağlup şampiyon oldular!". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Buz Hokeyi Kadınlar Ligi görünümü". Spor TV (in Turkish). 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Buz Korsanları ve ODTÜ çok farklı..". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. ↑ "Buz Hokeyi Bayan Milli Takımı Dünya Şampiyonası İçin Romanya'ya Gidiyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  9. ↑ "Kış olimpiyatları Karsız Yağmursuz start alıyor". Olay 53 (in Turkish). 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  10. ↑ "Buz hokeyi milli takımından tarihi başarı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  11. ↑ "Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Kadın Milli Takımı, Hong Kong'ta Şampiyon Oldu". Haberler (in Turkish). 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
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