Azize Tanrıkulu

Azize Tanrıkulu

Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	February 9, 1986 Ankara, Turkey
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Flyweight, Bantamweight
Club	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing –57 kg European Championships 2005 Riga –63 kg Universiade 2005 Izmir –63 kg World Cup 2006 Bangkok –63 kg

Azize Tanrıkulu (born February 9, 1986 in Ankara, 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 is competing for the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..^[2] She studied at Akdeniz University.^[3]

She graduated from physical education and sports at Akdeniz University.^[4] 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.^[5]

References

1. http://www.turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr/default.asp?SayfaID=93&Vid=1
2. "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
3. "Taekwondo Kafilesi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
4. http://www.turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr/default.asp?SayfaID=96
5. Anonymous (2009): Getting a kick out of marriage Community News (4 February 2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.

External links

• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Athlete Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived August 25, 2008)