Merve Uslu
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1994 (age 29–30) Ankara,Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | -70 kg J1 (formerly-57 kg J1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merve Uslu(born 1994 is a Turkish femalevisually impairedjudokacompeting in the −70 kg division.
Sport career
[edit]She started athletics at the age of seven with encouragement of her physical education teacher in the primary school. She continued performing athletics until the age of sixteen. Then, she switched over to judo with the recommendation of a coach of the Ankara Metropolitan Mınicipality's EGO SK.[1]
After moving toKörfez,Kocaeli Province,she joined Körfez Bld. Gençler Birliği SK. She is coached by Rabia Nilgün Kerkez..[1]
She weighed 85 kg when she moved from Ankara in 2014. In 2021, she became Turkish champion in the −52 kg event of the national para judo championships after she lost 34 kg weight in nine months under the control of her coach.[1]In Kocaeli, she was named theSpecial Athlete of the Year in 2021.[2]
In 2021, she was admitted to the Turkey national team.[2]In April 2022, she took the gold medal in the -57 kg at the IBSA World Grand Prix inAntalya,Turkey.[3][4]In May of that year, she won another Grand Prix gold medal in the same weight class inNur-Sultan,Kazakhstan.[5]At the2022 IBSA European Judo ChampionshipsinCagliari,Italy, she became bronze medalist.[6]InBaku,Azerbaijan at the2022 IBSA World Judo Championships,she placed seventh.[7]After changing her weight class from −57 kg to −70 kg, she won the silver medal at the2023 European Para ChampionshipsinRotterdam,Netherlands.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Merve Uslu was born inAnkara,Turkey in 1994. She was educated in a school for the visually impaired in her hometown Ankara. In 2014, she moved toKörfezdistrict inKocaeli Province.[1]
Uslu is mother of two children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Merve Uslu'nun verdiği 34 kilo altın madalya getirdi!".Fanatik(in Turkish). 2 October 2021.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^ab"Merve Uslu herkesi duygulandırdı".Kocaeli(in Turkish). 17 May 2022.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^"IBSA JHudo Grand Prix – Antalya 2022 Başarılarımız"(in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. 27 April 2022.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^"WJD 2022, A Fresh Start for VI Judo at Grand Prix in Antalya".International Judo Federation. 24 April 2022.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^"Türkiye 2022 Kazakistan Judo Grand Prix'ten 6 Madalya ile Döndü".olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr(in Turkish).Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi.30 May 2022.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^"IBSA Avrupa Judo Şampiyonası'nda 8 Madalya".olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr(in Turkish).Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi.4 September 2022.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^"IBSA Judo World Championships Baku 2022"(PDF).IBSA Judo.Retrieved15 August2023.
- ^Avşar, Halil İbrahim (9 August 2023)."Avrupa Paralimpik Şampiyonası'nda ilk altın madalya Döndü Yeşilyurt'tan".Anadolu News Agency(in Turkish).Retrieved15 August2023.