Merve Çoban

Merve Çoban (born 25 January 1993) is a Turkish karateka. She is a two-time silver medalist at the European Karate Championships and she won the gold medal in the kumite 68 kg event at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. She is scheduled to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[1][2]

Merve Çoban
Çoban in 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportKarate
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2014 Bremen Team kumite
European Championships
2014 Tampere Kumite 61 kg
2016 Montpellier Kumite 61 kg
2017 Kocaeli Kumite 61 kg
2018 Novi Sad Kumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2013 Palembang Kumite 68 kg
2017 Baku Kumite 61 kg
European Games
2015 Baku Kumite 61 kg
2019 Minsk Kumite 61 kg

In 2015, 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]

References
  1. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  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.
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