Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer

Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer (born October 4, 1983), nicknamed "Prenses Zeyna" (Turkish for "Xena the Warrior Princess"), is a Turkish female martial artist competing in the boxing, Muay Thai and wushu discipilines. She is a member of the Star Academy Sport Club in Adana, where she is coached by Hakan Şahade.

Early life

She was born on October 4, 1983 in Adana as the second child of four sieblings. 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.

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.

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".

Family

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

Achievements

Muay Thai

• 01 ! Gold (67 kg) 2007 European Championships - October 7–14, 2007, Vigo, Spain
• 01 ! Gold (67 kg) 2010 National Championships - April 13–17, 2010, Bodrum, Turkey
• 01 ! Gold (67 kg) 2010 European Championships - May 25–30, 2010, Rome, Italy
• 01 ! Gold (67 kg) 2010 World Championships - November 27-December 5, 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

Wushu

• 03 ! Bronze (65 kg) 4th World Cup - November 11–17, 2007, Beijing, China
• 03 ! Bronze (65 kg) 9th World Wushu Championships - November 11–17, 2007, Beijing, China

• "Muay Tahai'de madalya gururu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
• Milliyet (in Turkish) http://www.milliyet.com.tr/tayland-degil-bodrum/ege/haberdetayarsiv/19.04.2010/1226788/default.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
• "Adanalı Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer Muaythai Dünya Şampiyonu oldu". Osmaniye Haber (in Turkish). 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
• "Wushu'da büyük başarı". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2011-01-16.