Bahri Tanrıkulu

Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the Men's 80 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece and won the silver medal. He studied at Akdeniz University.

Bahri Tanrıkulu
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1980-03-16) March 16, 1980
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
EventMiddleweight
ClubKocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 80 kg
World Championships
2001 JejuMiddleweight
2007 BeijingMiddleweight
2009 CopenhagenMiddleweight
1999 EdmontonWelterweight
2003 GarmischMiddleweight
European Championships
2000 PatrasHeavyweight
2002 SamsunMiddleweight
2005 RigaMiddleweight
2006 BonnMiddleweight
2008 RomeMiddleweight
1998 EindhovenFeatherweight
2004 LillehammerMiddleweight
Universiade
2005 Izmir Middleweight
Representing  Palestine
Asian Championships
2016 PasayHeavyweight

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 1.86 m (6.1 ft) tall athlete is student of physical education and sports at Akdeniz University.

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he reached the semi-final.

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