Merve Yenid,nya (born 2004) is a Turkish armwrestler. Competing in the senior women's +90 kg category, she has been world and European champion several times in both left and right arm categories.

Merve Yenidünya
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born2004 (age 19–20)
Kilis, Turkey
Alma materKilis 7 Aralık University
Years active2015–
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportArmwrestling
Event(s)+90 kg, +70 kg (Junior)
Medal record
Women's Arm wrestling
Representing  Turkey
World Armwrestling Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Almaty +90 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2023 Almaty +90 kg Right arm
Silver medal – second place 2023 Almaty Y +70 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2023 Almaty Y +70 kg Right arm
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalyay +90 kg Left arm
Silver medal – second place 2022 Antalya J +70 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya J +70 kg Right arm
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bucharest J +70 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2019 Constanța Y +70 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2019 Constanța Y +70 kg Right arm
European Armwrestling Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chișinău +90 kg Left arm
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chișinău +90 kg Right arm
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chișinău Y +70 kg Left arm
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chișinău Y +70 kg Right arm
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bucharest +90 kg Left arm
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bucharest +90 kg Right arm

Sport career

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Inspired by her older brother, Yenidünya started her armwrestling career at Kilis in 2015. She won 16 Turkish championships as of 2023.[1]

She won the gold medals in both arms events of the Sub-junior (Youth) +70 kg at the 2019 World Armwrestling Championship held in Constanța, Romania.[2]

In 2021, she captured the gold medal in the Junior +70 kg event of the World Armwrestling Championship in Bucharets, Romania.[3]

She won the silver medal in both arms at the 2022 European Armwrestling Championship in Bucharest, Romania.[4] She received the bronze medal in the +90 kg event, and the silver and the gold medal in the Junior +70 kg left and right arm events respectively at the 2022 World Armwrestling Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[5]

At the 2023 European Armwrestling Championship in Chișinău, Moldova, she took the gold medal in the left arm event and another gold medal in the right arm event of the Youth +70 kg category, as well as two bronze medals in the left and right arm events of the Senior +90 kg category.[6] She won the silver medal in the left arm and the gold medal in the right arm event of the Youth +70 kg category, as well as the bronze medal in the left arm and the gold medal in the right arm event of the Senior +90 kg category at the 2023 World Armwrestling Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[7][8]

Personal life

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Merve Yenidünya was born in 2004.[9] She lives in Kilis, southeastern Turkey, and studies in the School of Physical Education and Sports at Kilis 7 Aralık University.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bilek güreşinde 38 madalya sahibi Merve Yenidünya Dünya Şampiyonası'na hazırlanıyor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ "XLI World Armwrestling Championship - Official Resulys" (PDF). World ARmwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "XLII World Armwrestling Championship - Official Resulys" (PDF). World ARmwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "XXXI European Armwrestling Championship - Official Results" (PDF). European Armwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "XLIII World Armwrestling Championship - Official Resulys" (PDF). World ARmwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "XXXII European Armwrestling Championship - Official Results" (PDF). European Armwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Öğrencimiz Merve Yenidünya'da Dünya Şampiyonluğuğ" (in Turkish). Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksek Okulu. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ^ "XLIV World Armwrestling Championship - Official Resulys" (PDF). World ARmwrestling Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ^ "38 madalyalı Merve Yenidünya yine iddialı". beIN Sports (in Turkish). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.