Merve Dinçel
{{short description|Turkish taekwondo practitioner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Merve Dinçel
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| full_name = Merve Dinçel Kavurat
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|22}}
| birth_place = Turkey
| spouse = {{marriage|Ferhat Can Kavurat|2023}}
| residence =
| education = Physical education
| alma_mater = Kırşehir Ahi Evran University
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| weight = {{cvt|49|kg}}
| country = {{TUR}}
| sport = Taekwondo
| event = 49 kg
| club = Istanbul BB SK
| turnedpro =
| coach = Ali Şahin
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's taekwondo }}
{{MedalCountry | {{TUR}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2023 Baku|49 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Manchester|49 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Belgrade|49 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Paris|49 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Paris|49 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Manchester|49 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Riyadh (F)|49 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Manchester (F)|49 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|49 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Oran|49 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World University Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Chengdu|49 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European U21 Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Warsaw|49 kg}}
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Merve Dinçel Kavurat (born Marve Dinçel; on 22 October 1999), also known as Merve Kavurat, is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.{{Cite web |url=https://www.taekwondodata.com/merve-dincel.arlf.html |title=TaekwondoData |website=Taekwondodata.com |access-date=4 June 2022}} She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=31 May 2023 |title=Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1137505/wtc-baku-day-3-report |access-date=31 May 2023}}
Sport 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. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 European Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.{{Cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123369/turkey-three-golds-european-taekwondo |title=Turkey claim three golds on first day of European Taekwondo Championships |date=19 May 2022 |website=Insidethegames.biz |access-date=4 June 2022}}
She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Orran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Taekwondo Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132341/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/milli-tekvandocu-merve-dincel-altin-madalya-kazandi-42276648 | title=Milli tekvandocu Merve Dinçel, altın madalya kazandı | date=31 May 2023 }}
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.{{Cite web |title=MIRS App |url=https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/schedule/TKW/all-days/all-event |access-date=23 June 2023 |website=results.european-games.org}}
At the 2023 World Grand Prix, she took the bronze medal in Manchester, United Kingdom, and the gold medal in Paris, France. 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.
In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}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. After after losing her match in the quarterfinals, she won the repechage match. She fought in the bronze medal match against Lena Stojković and placed fifth after losing the fight.
Personal life
Merve Dinçel was born on 22 October 1999. She studied Physical Education in the Faculty of Sport science at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. She married Ferhat Can Kavurat, also a national taekwondo practitioner, on 13 July 2023.
Tournament record
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| align=center | Year
! Event ! Location ! G-Rank ! Place | ||||
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| rowspan="5" |2023 | align=left|Grand Prix (F) | align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Manchester | G-10 | align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |
| align="left"|World Championships
|align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} Baku | G-12 | align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st | ||
| align="left" |Grand Prix | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris | G-6 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|European Games | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Kraków | G-4 | align="center" bgcolor="silver"|2nd | |
| align=left|FISU World University Games | align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chengdu | G-2 | align="center" bgcolor="silver"|2nd | |
| rowspan="4"|2022 | align=left|European Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Manchester | G-4 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| align=left|Spanish Open | align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} La Nucia | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|Turkish Open | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europe | align=left|{{flagicon|ALB}} Durrës | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| rowspan="4"|2021 | align=left|WT Women Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|KSA}} Riyadh | G-4 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| align=left|Multi European Games | align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europe | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|Bosnia Herzegovina Open | align=left|{{flagicon|BIH}} Sarajevo | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | |
| rowspan="2"|2020 | align=left|European Clubs Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Helsingborg | G-1 | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |
| align=left|Turkish Open | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul | G-1 | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | |
| 2019 | align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europe | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| rowspan="6"|2018 | align=left|European U-21 Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw | G-4 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| align=left|European Clubs Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|Turkish Open | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europe | align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} Athen | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|Multi European Games | align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| align=left|Dutch Open | align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Eindhoven | G-1 | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | |
| rowspan="2"|2017 | align=left|Dutch Open | align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Eindhoven | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| align=left|Turkish Open | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya | G-1 | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dincel-wins-gold-in-seniors-taekwondo-169713 |title=Dinçel wins gold in seniors' taekwondos |newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News |accessdate=4 June 2022}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/milli-tekvandocular-merve-dincel-ile-ferhat-can-kavurat-dunya-evine-girdi-781401.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Milli tekvandocular Merve Dinçel ile Ferhat Can Kavurat dünya evine girdi |date=13 July 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=7 January 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/diger-sporlar/merve-dincel-kavurat-olimpiyat-besincisi-oldu-66b3c82a07ba89004e027e7f |newspaper=NTV Spor |title=Merve Dinçel Kavurat olimpiyat beşincisi oldu |date=7 August 2024 |language=tr |accessdate=8 August 2024 }}
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External links
- {{World Taekwondo profile|9706c982-6ac9-4c15-b8d4-5915079d082a|Merve Dincel Kavurat}}
- {{World Taekwondo ranking|11e6eef5-9b2b-676c-92b4-12f817a4f090|Merve Dincel Kavurat}}
- {{TaekwondoData|name=Merve Kavurat (Dincel)}}
- {{Olympics.com|merve-dincel-kavurat|Merve Dincel Kavurat}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/merve-dincel-kavurat_1566732 Merve Dincel Kavurat] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Olimpedya|960/merve-dincel|Merve Dinçel}}
- {{TMOK profile|merve-dinel-kavurat/11129|Merve Dinçel Kavurat}}
{{World Champions Taekwondo Women's Flyweight}}
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Category:Turkish female taekwondo practitioners
Category:European Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games silver medalists for Turkey
Category:European Games medalists in taekwondo
Category:Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics