Merve Çoban (born 25 January 1993) is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the 61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 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.
She won the gold medal in the kumite 68kg 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 61kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the 2019 European Games 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 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 in karate. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Rank Event2013Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia 1stKumite 68kg 2014 European Championships Tampere, Finland 2ndKumite 68kg 1stTeam kumiteWorld ChampionshipsBremen, Germany 3rdTeam kumite 2015European ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 3rdTeam kumiteEuropean GamesBaku, Azerbaijan 2ndKumite 61kg2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan 3rdKumite 61kg2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia 3rdKumite 61kg2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus 3rdKumite 61kg2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan 3rdKumite 61kg
References
External links
Merve Çoban at KarateRec.com