Merve Dinçel
Merve Dinçel (born 22 October 1999), also known as Merve Kavurat, is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.[2]
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| Born | 22 October 1999 Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ferhat Can Kavurat (m. 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 49 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Istanbul BB SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ali Şahin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Merve Dinçel has won a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships held in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh in 2021.[3] She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 European Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4]
She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Orran, Algeria.[5]
Dinçel, in the women's 49 kg category at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeated Elizaveta Ryadninskaya, a Russian athlete competing as an individual athlete, in the second round and advanced to the third round after passing the first round without a match. She defeated Dunya Abutaleb from Saudi Arabia in the third round, then defeated Botakoz Kapanova from Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals and reached the semifinals. In the 49 kg final, she won against the reigning Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit from Thailand.[6]
Later that year, Dinçel won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg weight class at the 2023 European Games and the 2023 World University Games.[7]
At the 2023 World Grand Prix, she took the bronze medal in Manchester, United Kingdom, and the gold medal in Paris, France.[8] She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was honored with the "Best Sportswoman of 2023" award by the World Taekwondo.[9]
In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Taekwondo Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Personal life
Merve Dinçel was born on 22 October 1999. She married to Ferhat Can Kavurat, also a national taekwondo practitioner, on 13 July 2023.[10]
Tournament record
| Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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| 2023 | Grand Prix (F) | Manchester | G-10 | 3rd |
| World Championships | Baku | G-12 | 1st | |
| Grand Prix | Paris | G-6 | 1st | |
| European Games | Kraków | G-4 | 2nd | |
| FISU World University Games | Chengdu | G-2 | 2nd | |
| 2022 | European Championships | Manchester | G-4 | 1st |
| Spanish Open | La Nucia | G-1 | 1st | |
| Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
| WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Durres | G-1 | 1st | |
| 2021 | WT Women Championships | Riyadh | G-4 | 1st |
| Multi European Games | Sofia | G-1 | 1st | |
| WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Istanbul | G-1 | 1st | |
| Bosnia Herzegovina Open | Sarajevo | G-1 | 2nd | |
| 2020 | European Clubs Championships | Helsingborg | G-1 | 3rd |
| Turkish Open | Istanbul | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2019 | WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Antalya | G-1 | 1st |
| 2018 | European U-21 Championships | Warsaw | G-4 | 1st |
| European Clubs Championships | Istanbul | G-1 | 1st | |
| Turkish Open | Istanbul | G-1 | 1st | |
| WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Athen | G-1 | 1st | |
| Multi European Games | Plovdiv | G-1 | 1st | |
| Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st |
| Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 2nd |
References
- "TaekwondoData". Taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- Burke, Patrick (31 May 2023). "Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- "Dinçel wins gold in seniors' taekwondo - Turkish News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- "Turkey claim three golds on first day of European Taekwondo Championships". Insidethegames.biz. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/milli-tekvandocu-merve-dincel-altin-madalya-kazandi-42276648
- "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- "Merve Dincel continues Türkiye's golden 2023". World Taekwondo. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- "Merve Dinçel Kavurat Dünya Şampiyonu". Konya Postası (in Turkish). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- "Milli tekvandocular Merve Dinçel ile Ferhat Can Kavurat dünya evine girdi". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
- Merve Dincel Kavurat profile at World Taekwondo
- Merve Dincel Kavurat ranking at World Taekwondo
- Merve Kavurat (Dincel) at TaekwondoData.com
- Merve Dinçel at the Turkish National Olympic Committee