Junior 2013 In June, Yılmaz competed at the Olympic Hopes meet in
Penza, Russia, where she placed fourth in the all-around, fifth on bars and floor, and won the bronze medal on beam. In July, she competed at the
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival, finishing 24th in the all-around and 12th with the Turkish team.
2014 Yılmaz competed at the
2014 Junior European Championships in
Sofia. She did not make any finals, but her performance in qualifications earned her a spot at the
Youth Olympic Games. At the Youth Olympic Games, Yılmaz qualified to the all-around final, where she finished 10th. She also placed eighth in the vault and floor exercise finals. Later that year, Yılmaz competed at the Mediterranean Junior Championships in Italy, where she placed fourth in the all-around and on vault, fifth on the uneven bars and won the gold medal on the balance beam.
Senior 2015 Yılmaz made her senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany, placing seventh in the floor final. In April, Yılmaz competed at the
2015 European Championships and placed 49th all-around during qualifications. At the Varna World Cup, she placed ninth on vault, fifth on beam and sixth on floor. Yılmaz represented Turkey at the
2015 European Games in
Baku and finished 13th in the all-around final. She competed at the
2015 World Championships in
Glasgow but did not make any finals.
2016 At the 2016 Turkish Championships, Yılmaz won the gold medal in the all-around as well as on vault and beam, and took the silver on bars and the bronze on floor. Yılmaz placed 53rd at the Olympic Test Event, and qualified to the
2016 Summer Olympics as an individual, becoming the second Turkish gymnast to qualify to the Olympic Games after
Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı. She followed that up with a sixth place finish on beam at the Varna World Cup. In June, she competed at the
European Championships, but did not make the event finals. At the Mersin World Cup in July, she won the balance beam gold in front of a home crowd, and placed fourth on floor and fifth on the uneven bars. During qualifications at the
Olympics, Yılmaz placed 42nd all-around and scored an outstanding 14.500 on the balance beam, making her the third reserve for the balance beam final.
2017 Yılmaz competed at the
2017 World Championships in
Montreal but was limited to the uneven bars due to a knee injury, and did not make the event finals.
2018 Yılmaz returned to competition at the
Koper World Cup, finishing eighth in the floor final. At the
Mediterranean Games, Yılmaz helped the Turkish team finish fifth in the team final, and placed 10th in the all-around and sixth on the uneven bars individually. At the
Mersin World Cup, Yılmaz won three silver medals in front of a home crowd: one on the uneven bars, one on the balance beam and one on floor. She competed at the
2018 European Championships, but did not make the finals. In September, she competed at the
Szombathely World Cup and qualified to the floor final. However, she struggled in the final, and placed eighth. Yılmaz was part of the Turkish team competing at the
2018 World Championships in
Doha, and placed 60th all-around in qualifications, missing out on the finals.
2019 In March, Yılmaz competed at the Turkish Championships, winning the silver medal in the all-around, and taking the bronze in both the uneven bars and balance beam finals. Later that month, she competed at the Baku World Cup and the Doha World Cup, but she did not make any finals. At the
Mersin World Cup, Yılmaz won a silver medal on the floor exercise and placed fifth in the balance beam final. Yılmaz competed at the
2019 World Championships in
Stuttgart, but failed to qualify to the
2020 Summer Olympics Retirement Yılmaz announced her retirement on 15 October 2019, shortly after the
2019 World Championships. On 13 June 2020, Yılmaz uploaded a video to
YouTube, in which she revealed that she was subjected to
mobbing and
psychological abuse by her managers, which contributed to her decision to retire from gymnastics. ==Competitive history==