Education
He studied at Akdeniz University.
He studied at Akdeniz University.
The 1.86 m (61 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. 1998 12th European Taekwondo Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands - 03 ! (Middleweight) (80 kg) (- 84 kg).
1998 12th European Taekwondo Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands - 03 ! Bronze (Featherweight) 1998 1st Spanish Open Teakwondo Championships in Barcelona - 02 ! Silver (juniors), 03 ! Bronze (seniors) 1999 14th World Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - 02 ! Silver 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patras, Greece - 01 ! Gold (Heavyweight male) 2000 Korean Chuncheon International Open Teakwondo Championships - 01 ! Gold 2001 15th World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South of Korea - 01 ! Gold 2002 14th European Taekwondo Championships in Samsun, Turkey - 01 ! Gold (Middleweight) 2002 Taekwondo World Cup in Tokyo, Japan - 02 ! Silver 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece - 02 ! Silver (80 kg) 2005 23rd World Universiade in İzmir, Turkey - 01 ! Gold 2006 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Bonn, Germany - 02 ! Silver (- 84 kg) 2007 Beijing - Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey became the world champion in men"s 84 kg category at the World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing. Tanrikulu defeated his Azerbaijani opponent Tavakgul Bayramov 4-0 and won gold medal. Bahri Tanrikulu beat Volodymyr Krasitsky 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 Minister-Soo of South of Korea in the semi final. 2008 European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Rome - 02 ! Silver 2009 Taekwondo World Championships in Copenhagen - 01 ! Gold.
He was a member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club before he transferred to Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü.