Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980, in

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, Turkey) is a Turkish

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

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held in

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and won the silver medal. He studied at Akdeniz University. 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 tall athlete is student of

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and sports at Akdeniz University. 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

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. 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 (born 1982), an

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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 Spanish 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 Korean

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

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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) * 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

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in the second round, Yossef Karami of

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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 -

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