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Nationality | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | February 9, 1986 Bismil, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Flyweight, Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Azize Tanrıkulu (born February 9, 1986 in Bismil, Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China and won the silver medal. She lost the final match against Lim Su-Jeong by 0-1.[1]
She graduated from physical education and sports at Akdeniz University.[2] Her brother, Bahri Tanrıkulu is Turkey National Team member in Taekwondo and Olympic silver medalist, and her sister-in-law is Tina Morgan, an Australian former Olympic taekwondo competitor.[3]