Merve Çoban (born 25 January 1993) is a Turkish
karate
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ka. She won the bronze medal in the
61 kg event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in
Tokyo
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, Japan.
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
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, whic ...
.
She won the gold medal in the
kumite 68 kg event at the
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games was an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in Iran, and later re-scheduled for April 2010, was cancelle ...
held in Palembang, Indonesia. She also represented her country at the
European Games
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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
The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...
held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
At the
2019 European Games
, translation: Time for bright victories!
, nations participating = 50
, athletes participating = 4,082
, events = 200 in 15 sports
, opening ceremony = 21 June
, closing ceremony = 30 June
, officially opened ...
in Minsk, Belarus, she won one of the bronze medals in the
women's kumite 61 kg event.
In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the
European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, whic ...
held in Guadalajara, Spain.
She also won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event.
She
represented Turkey at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in karate.
She won one of the bronze medals in the
women's 61 kg event.
Achievements
References
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1993 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Turkish female karateka
Karateka at the 2015 European Games
Karateka at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in karate
European Games silver medalists for Turkey
European Games bronze medalists for Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey
Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic karateka for Turkey
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in karate
Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
21st-century Turkish women