2004 Summer Olympics, Yildiz has served as one of the assistant coaches for the national team, and later became the vice-president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation (). Since 2007, Yildiz is also married to fellow 2004 Olympian and race walker Yeliz Ay. References External links 1974 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Turkey Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Kırıkkale World Wrestling Championships medalists Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people