Merve Dinçel Kavurat (born Marve Dinçel; on 22 October 1999), also known as Merve Kavurat, is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.[1] She is a two-time gold medalist at the World Taekwondo Championships.[2]
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| Full name | Merve Dinçel Kavurat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1999 Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Physical education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kırşehir Ahi Evran University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Sport career
editMerve 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][5]
She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
At the 2023 World Grand Prix, she took the bronze medal in Manchester, United Kingdom, and the gold medal in Paris, France.[9] 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.[10]
In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Taekwondo Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
She competed in the 49 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and advanced to the quarterfinals.[11] After losing her match in the quarterfinals, she won the repechage match.[12] She fought in the bronze medal match against Lena Stojković and placed fifth after losing the fight.[13]
At the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships held in Wuxi, China, Merve Dinçel Kavurat competed in the women's 53 kg category and won the gold medal, becoming world champion for the second consecutive time. On the fourth day of the competition, Kavurat advanced directly to the second round without a match. She defeated Stavroula Dessyla of Greece in the second round, Mobina Nematzadeh of Iran in the third round, Po-ya Su of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals, and Jana Khattab of Egypt in the semifinals to reach the final. In the gold medal match, she beat Dunya Abu Taleb of Saudi Arabia 2–0 to claim her second career world title.[14]
Personal life
editMerve Dinçel was born on 22 October 1999.[12] She studied Physical Education in the Faculty of Sport science at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University.[5] She married Ferhat Can Kavurat, also a national taekwondo practitioner, on 13 July 2023.[15]
Tournament record
edit| 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 |  Durrës | 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
edit- ↑ "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' taekwondos". 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.
- 1 2 "Öğrencimiz Merve Dinçel Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu" (in Turkish). Kırşehir Ahi Evren Üniversitesi - Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ↑ "Milli tekvandocu Merve Dinçel, altın madalya kazandı". 31 May 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Gururumuz Merve Dinçel Kavurat kimdir? İşte Milli tekvandocu Merve Dinçel Kavurat'ın biyografisi..." NNC Haber (in Turkish). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Merve Dinçel Kavurat Paris 2024 Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda çeyrek finale yükseldi". Gündem =Fethiye (in Turkish). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ "Merve Dinçel Kavurat olimpiyat beşincisi oldu". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ "Merve Dinçel Kavurat üst üste ikinci kez dünya şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ↑ "Milli tekvandocular Merve Dinçel ile Ferhat Can Kavurat dünya evine girdi". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
edit- Merve Dincel Kavurat profile at World Taekwondo
- Merve Dincel Kavurat ranking at World Taekwondo
- Merve Kavurat (Dincel) at TaekwondoData.com
- Merve Dincel Kavurat at Olympics.com
- Merve Dincel Kavurat at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Merve Dinçel at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Merve Dinçel Kavurat at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
