Bahri Tanrıkulu

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Olympic medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Silver 2004 Athens 80 kg

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 two other brothers are also performing taekwondo.

[edit] Achievements

  • 1998 12th European Taekwondo Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands - bronze (Featherweight)[1]
  • 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)[2]
  • 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)[3]
  • 2002 Taekwondo World Cup in Tokyo, Japan - silver
  • 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece - silver (80 kg)
  • 2005 23rd World Universiade in Izmir, Turkey - gold
  • 2006 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Bonn, Germany - silver (- 84 kg)[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ ETU 1998
  2. ^ ETU 2000
  3. ^ ETU 2002
  4. ^ Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club (Turkish)


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