Career
The 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) tall athlete at 48 kg (106 lb) is a student of physical education and sports at the Pamukkale University"s vocational college. At the 2012 Adana Half Marathon, Kiraz came second behind Bahar Doğan. She finished the 2012 Tarsus Half Marathon in third place.
Ümmü Kiraz qualified for participation in the marathon event at the 2012 Olympics in London, where she finished in 89th place.
In half marathon event of 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, she finished at the third place (1:16:51)
According to All-Athletics and IAAF records, her best times as of April 2015 are:
1500 m 4:44.85 - Ankara (TUR), 20.05.2006
3000 m 10:28.48 - Ankara (TUR), 21.05.2006
10,000 m 33:10.85 - Skopje (MKD), 07.06.2014
15 km road 54:42 - Istanbul (TUR), 28.10.2007
Half marathon 1:12:19 - Tarsus, Mersin (TUR), 25.03.2012
Marathon 2:32:52 - Istanbul (TUR), 16.11.2014.