Merve Çoban

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.

Merve Çoban
Merve Çoban (cropped).jpg
Çoban in 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993
Bafra
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportKarate
Weight class61 kg
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoKumite 61 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 BremenTeam kumite
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 BakuKumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskKumite 61 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2019 GuadalajaraKumite 61 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 TampereKumite 68 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 MontpellierKumite 61 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 İzmitTeam kumite
Silver medal – second place2019 GuadalajaraTeam kumite
Silver medal – second place2021 Poreč Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2016 MontpellierKumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 İzmitKumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Novi SadKumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2013 PalembangKumite 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 BakuKumite 61 kg

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
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
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
  1. "Karatede Merve Çoban bronz madalya kazandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. Butler, Nick (13 June 2015). "Azerbaijan scoop double karate gold on opening night of European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. "Turkey wins two gold medals at the European Karate Championship". Daily Sabah. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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