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][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.[7]
She competed in the 49 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and advanced to the quarterfinals.[11] After 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]
Personal life
Merve 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.[14]