Bahri Tanrıkulu

Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980 in Muğla, Turkey) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Men's 80 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece and won the silver medal.

The former European and Turkey's first World taekwondo champion is member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club. The 1.86 m tall athlete is student of physical education and sports at Akdeniz University.

Bahri is the eldest of 4 siblings. His sister Azize is also a competitor in the Beijing Olympics. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7734779] ] His two brothers also perform taekwondo.

Achievements

* 1998 12th European Taekwondo Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands - bronze (Featherweight) [ [http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMEindhoven98.htm ETU 1998] ]
* 1998 1st Spanish Open Teakwondo Championships in Barcelona - silver (juniors), bronze (seniors)
* 1999 14th World Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - silver
* 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patra, Greece - gold (Heavyweight male) [ [http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMPatra00.htm ETU 2000] ]
* 2000 Korean Chuncheon International Open Teakwondo Championships - gold
* 2001 15th World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South Korea - gold
* 2002 14th European Taekwondo Championships in Samsun, Turkey - gold (Middleweight) [ [http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMSamsun02.htm ETU 2002] ]
* 2002 Taekwondo World Cup in Tokyo, Japan - silver
* 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece - silver (80 kg)
* 2005 23rd World Universiade in İzmir, Turkey - gold
* 2006 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Bonn, Germany - silver (- 84 kg) [ [http://www.ibbspor.com/ic.php?id=1234568621&g=6 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club] tr icon]
* 2007 BEIJING - Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey became the world champion in men's 84 kg category at the World Taekwondo Championships in Chinese capital of Beijing, Tanrikulu defeated his Azerbaijani opponent Tavakgul Bayramov 4-0 and won gold medal. Bahri Tanrikulu beat Volodymyr Krasitskyy of Ukraine in the first round, Rajabov Shokirjont of Tajikistan in the second round, Yossef Karami of Iran in the third round, Wu Ming-chieh of Taiwan in the quarter final, and Park Min-Soo of South Korea in the semi final.

References

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TANRIBAH01 Olympics Database]
* [http://www.gsgm.gov.tr/sayfalar/olimpiyat_hazirliklari/pages/tekvando/bahri.htm Youth and Sports Directorate] tr icon