George Washington University Athletics
2025-26 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBackstroke/Butterfly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreaststroke
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreaststroke
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDistance Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreaststroke/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreaststroke/Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFreestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingIM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFreestyle/IM/Backstroke
/ Women's Swimming and DivingSprint Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingSprint Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingButterfly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreaststroke/Butterfly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingIM/Breaststroke/Butterfly/Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFreestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingLong Freestyle/Butterfly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDistance Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBackstroke/Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Merve Tuncel
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Ankara, Türkiye
- High School:
- Nermin Mehmet Cekic Anadolu Lisesi
2025-26
Did not compete at the 2026 A-10 Championships...Made GW debut vs. Virginia Tech with PR in the 200-yard fly (2:05.77)...Set three PRs at the Dual Meet Tournemnt, coming in the 50-yard free (26.18 vs. Army), 100-yard free (54.59 vs. Army) and the 100-yard fly (57.60 vs. Georgia).
BEFORE GW
2020 Tokyo Olympian...6th place in the 800M freestyle at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships...Earned two gold medals in the 1500M and 800M freestyles at the 2023 European Junior Championships...Competed in the 200M, 400M, 800M and 1500M freestyles at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships...Gold medals in the 400M, 800M and 1500M freestyles, and a bronze medal in the 200M freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships...First Turkish female swimmer to win gold in the 800M freestyle at the 2022 Mediterranean Games...Earned bronze in the 800M freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, the first-ever medal won by a female Turkish swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships.
TUNCEL'S CAREER BESTS
Did not compete at the 2026 A-10 Championships...Made GW debut vs. Virginia Tech with PR in the 200-yard fly (2:05.77)...Set three PRs at the Dual Meet Tournemnt, coming in the 50-yard free (26.18 vs. Army), 100-yard free (54.59 vs. Army) and the 100-yard fly (57.60 vs. Georgia).
BEFORE GW
2020 Tokyo Olympian...6th place in the 800M freestyle at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships...Earned two gold medals in the 1500M and 800M freestyles at the 2023 European Junior Championships...Competed in the 200M, 400M, 800M and 1500M freestyles at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships...Gold medals in the 400M, 800M and 1500M freestyles, and a bronze medal in the 200M freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships...First Turkish female swimmer to win gold in the 800M freestyle at the 2022 Mediterranean Games...Earned bronze in the 800M freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, the first-ever medal won by a female Turkish swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships.
TUNCEL'S CAREER BESTS
Monday, June 22
Monday, June 15
Thursday, May 21
Thursday, May 21
