Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980 in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey) is a

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practitioner, who competed in the Men's 80 kg division at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

held in

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and won the silver medal. He studied at

Akdeniz University Akdeniz University ( tr, Akdeniz Üniversitesi) is a public research university established in Antalya, Turkey. It has been chosen as the second most beautiful university in Turkey, after Boğaziçi University, with its campus having a wide and gr ...

. He is Turkey's first World and European Taekwondo champion. He was a member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club before he transferred to

Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü The Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü, aka Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor, is a multi-sports club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli in Turkey. It was founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the ...

. The tall athlete is student of

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and sports at

. He qualified for participation at the

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where he reached the semi final.

Personal life

Bahri is the eldest of four siblings in a family originating from

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

. His brothers Tunç and Çağrı, as well as his sister Azize perform taekwondo. While Tunç retired from active sports, Azize and Çağrı are still competing. Azize Tanrıkulu took also part at the Beijing Olympics winning the silver medal. Bahri Tanrıkulu married

Tina Morgan Tina Michelle Tanrıkulu (née Morgan, born 10 August 1982) is an Australian taekwondo coach and former international competitor.Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n taekwondo athlete on January 29, 2009 in

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Achievements

* 1998 12th European Taekwondo Championships in

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- (Featherweight) * 1998 1st

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Open Taekwondo Championships in

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- (juniors), (seniors) * 1999 14th World Seniors Taekwondo Championships in

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- * 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in

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- (Heavyweight male) * 2000

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International Open Taekwondo Championships - * 2001 15th World Taekwondo Championships in

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- * 2002 14th European Taekwondo Championships in

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, Turkey - (Middleweight) * 2002 Taekwondo World Cup in

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- * 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece - (80 kg) * 2005 23rd World Universiade in

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, Turkey - * 2006 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in

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- (- 84 kg)Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club
* 2007 Beijing - Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey became the world champion in men's 84 kg category at the World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing. Tanrikulu defeated his

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i opponent Tavakgul Bayramov 4-0 and won gold medal. Bahri Tanrikulu beat Volodymyr Krasitsky of

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in the first round, Rajabov Shokirjont of

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

in the second round,

Yossef Karami Yousef Karami ( fa, یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983, in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–8 ...

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in the third round, Wu Ming-chieh of

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in the quarter final, and Park Min-Soo of

in the semi final. * 2008 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Rome - * 2009 Taekwondo World Championships in Copenhagen -

References

External links

Olympics Database

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