Merve Çoban


Merve Çoban is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's [61 kg|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.
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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

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2013Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia1stKumite 68kg
2014European ChampionshipsTampere, Finland2ndKumite 68kg
2014European ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1stTeam kumite
2014World ChampionshipsBremen, Germany3rdTeam kumite
2015European ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rdTeam kumite
2015European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan2ndKumite 61kg
2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rdKumite 61kg
2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia3rdKumite 61kg
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdKumite 61kg
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan3rdKumite 61kg