Career
The 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall athlete at 69 kg (152 lb) is a student of Architecture at the Okan University in Istanbul. She began with sailing sport 2004 in Marmaris Yacht Club and transferred in 2007 to Fenerbahçe Sailing in Istanbul, where she is coached by Kemal Muslubas and Begüm Güngör. She finished first in the Women"s Laser Radial class at the 2010 Turkish Sailing Championships held off Bodrum, Muğla Province.
She repeated her success in the Overall and Women"s category at the 2011 Turkish Sailing Championships held off Didim, Province.
Dönertaş obtained her first international success with a borınze medal in the Women"s Laser Radial class at the 2010 Athens Eurolymp Week in Greece. In May 2012, she placed 5th at the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2012 off Medemblik, Netherlands.
She is qualified to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics.