Merve Tuncel
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Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK.[1][2]
Early years
[edit | edit source]Merve Tuncel was born to Sulhi and Adalet Tuncel in Ankara, Turkey on 1 January 2005.[1][3] She is a student at Nermin Mehmet Çekiç Anatolian High School in Yenimahalle, Ankara.[4]
She liked to play with water in her very early youth years. She started swimming at Age 4[5] At age ten, she started to swim at the Turkey Olympic Preparation Center in Eryaman, Ankara under the Head Coach Gjon Shyti. From 2019 she swims for Enka SK.
Swimming career
[edit | edit source]Tuncel won the silver medal in the 200m butterfly,[6] and the bronze medal in the 800m freestyle at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. She broke the juniors world record at Istanbul, Turkey on 22 December 2020 in the short course 1500m freestyle swimming event with 15:45.29.[7] She won gold medals in the events 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, and the bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event of the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy.[8] She set new championships record and European Juniors record with her times 8:21.91 in 800 m freestyle,[9] and 15:55.23 in 1500 m freestyle.[10]
Tuncel was the flag bearer for Turkey together with Berke Saka at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[11]
Summary (2019-July 2023)
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 European Junior Swimming Championships | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 European Aquatics Championships | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 1 | 7 | 26 |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Merve Tuncel at World AquaticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Merve Tuncel at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Merve Tuncel at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Ankara
- Turkish female freestyle swimmers
- Turkish female long-distance swimmers
- Enkaspor swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games