Merve Çoban
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Born | (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31) Bafra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Merve Çoban (born 25 January 1993) is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] She is also a gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the European Karate Championships.
She won the gold medal in the kumite 68 kg event at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. She also represented her country at the European Games in 2015 and in 2019 and she won a medal on both occasions.
Career
She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] At the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event.[4]
In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.[5][6] She also won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event.[5][6]
She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[7][8] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2013 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | Kumite 68 kg |
2014 | European Championships | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | Kumite 68 kg |
1st | Team kumite | |||
World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 3rd | Team kumite | |
2015 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | Team kumite |
European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg | |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2018 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2019 | European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
References
- ^ "Karatede Merve Çoban bronz madalya kazandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Butler, Nick (13 June 2015). "Azerbaijan scoop double karate gold on opening night of European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Turkey wins two gold medals at the European Karate Championship". Daily Sabah. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
External links
- Merve Çoban – World Karate Federation ranking
- Merve Çoban at KarateRec.com
- Merve Çoban at Olympics.com
- Merve Çoban at Olympedia
- Merve Çoban at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Merve Çoban at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
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