Bahri Tanrıkulu

Bahri Tanrıkulu

Personal information

Nationality:

Turkey

Society:

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi

Birthday:

March 16, 1980

Place of birth:

Muğla

Size:

185 cm

Medals

Olympic games
silver	Athens 2004	up to 80 kg
World championships
silver	Edmonton 1999	up to 78 kg
gold	Jeju-si 2001	up to 84 kg
bronze	Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2003	up to 84 kg
gold	Beijing 2007	up to 84 kg
gold	Copenhagen 2009	up to 87 kg
European championships
bronze	Eindhoven 1998	up to 67 kg
gold	Patras 2000	up to 84 kg
gold	Samsun 2002	up to 84 kg
bronze	Lillehammer 2004	up to 84 kg
silver	Riga 2005	up to 84 kg
silver	Bonn 2006	up to 84 kg
silver	Rome 2008	up to 84 kg
Asian Championship
bronze	Manila 2013	over 87 kg

Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980 in Muğla ) is a Turkish Taekwondoin who is active in the middle and heavyweight division. He is the first Turkish world and European champion in Taekwondo. So far he has participated in two Olympic Games and won a silver medal.

Tanrıkulu played his first international title fights at the European Championships in Eindhoven in 1998 , where he started in the light class up to 67 kilograms. He was able to win a bronze medal right away. Also in the following year he was successful at his first World Championship in Edmonton with silver in the class up to 78 kilograms. Tanrıkulu finally won his first international title at the European Championships in Patras in 2000 and the 2001 World Championships in Jeju-si . It was the first world and European championship title that a Turkish Taekwondoin could win. In the following years Tanrıkulu was able to celebrate further successes and so far won a total of five World Cup and seven European Championship medals, including three world and two European championship titles.

Tanrıkulu traveled to his first Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 as a favorite. He fought his way to the final, lost to Steven Lopez and won the silver medal. His second Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, however, were disappointing. He met Lopez again in the opening fight and was eliminated. By winning the European Olympic qualification tournament in Kazan in January 2012 , Tanrıkulu was also able to qualify for his third Olympic Games in London in 2012. There he was defeated in the battle for the bronze medal Liu Xiaobo with 2: 3 points.

Tanrıkulu is married to Tina Morgan , also a successful Taekwondoin and two-time Olympian for Australia. Tanrıkulus sister Azize was also active in Taekwondo, she won a silver medal in featherweight at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Web links

Bahri Tanrıkulu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Bahri Tanrıkulu on the TaekwondoData .com website

personal data
SURNAME	Tanrıkulu, Bahri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Muğla