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

Çoban in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 32) Bafra
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Karate
Weight class	61 kg
Events	Kumite Team kumite
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Turkey Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Kumite 61 kg World Championships 2014 Bremen Team kumite European Games 2015 Baku Kumite 61 kg 2019 Minsk Kumite 61 kg European Championships 2014 Tampere Team kumite 2019 Guadalajara Kumite 61 kg 2014 Tampere Kumite 68 kg 2016 Montpellier Kumite 61 kg 2017 İzmit Team kumite 2019 Guadalajara Team kumite 2021 Poreč Team kumite 2015 Istanbul Team kumite 2016 Montpellier Kumite 61 kg 2017 İzmit Kumite 61 kg 2018 Novi Sad Kumite 61 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Kumite 68 kg 2017 Baku Kumite 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
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