Meryem Betül Çavdar

Meryem Betül Çavdar
Personal information
Born (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24)
Afyon, Turkey
Sport
SportPara Taekwondo
Disability classF44
TeamEGO Spor Club
Medal record
Women's Para Taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo K44 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris K44 52 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London K44 49 kg,
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul K4 52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sofia K44 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bari K44 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul K44 52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester K44 52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade K44 52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv K44 49 kg
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam K44 -52 

Meryem Betül Çavdar (born 3 May 2000) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner.[1]

She obtained a quota for participation at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3] She won the silver medal in the 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5] In 2021, she took the gold medal in the K44 52 kg event at the World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] She picked up the gold medal at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Meryem Betul Cavdar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ Gazioğlu, Fatih (12 February 2020). "Para tekvandocuların Tokyo 2020'de hedefi altın madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "CAVDAR, Meryem". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (12 September 2021). "Meryem Çavdar Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'nda gümüş madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Elzayat stretchered off twice as first Paralympic taekwondo champions are crowned". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Meryem Betül Çavdar dünya şampiyonu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Avrupa Paralimpik Şampiyonası'nda 10 Madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.


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