Tina Morgan
| Tina Tanrıkulu | |
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| Born | Tina Michelle Morgan 10 August 1982 Townsville, Australia |
| Residence | Perth, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Style | Taekwondo |
| Teacher(s) | Jin-Tae Jeong, Daniel Trenton |
| Occupation | Taekwondo coach |
| Spouse | Bahri Tanrıkulu |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Women's Taekwondo | ||
| World Taekwondo Championships | ||
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2003 Germany | Lightweight 59–63 kg |
| World Cup | ||
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2006 Bangkok | Welterweight 63–67 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2002 Jordan | Featherweight 55–59 kg |
Tina Michelle Tanrıkulu (née Morgan, born 10 August 1982) is an Australian taekwondo coach and former international competitor. She represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in the latter competition. In 2006, Morgan became the first Australian taekwondo competitor to win a World Cup title. She started working as a coach for Turkish taekwondo club Ankaragücü in 2011.
Morgan was born on 10 August 1982 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. She moved to Perth as a child and completed her secondary schooling at Woodvale Senior High School. She recalls first having been inspired to become an Olympic athlete when watching the weightlifting competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Originally, she had planned to compete in gymnastics, but was told she would grow too tall; she then tried other sports.
In 1994, Morgan was inspired to begin training in taekwondo after watching her brother training in the martial art at the local gymnasium. During her school years, she was also a Western Australian state champion in competitive aerobics, as well as playing football, netball, and tennis.
Morgan earned a tertiary diploma in tourism management in Victoria and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Southern Queensland. At national and international level, she trained in taekwondo at the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Victorian Institute of Sport. Her Olympic coaches have included Jin-Tae Jeong (from 2002–2004) and Daniel Trenton (from 2005–2008).
Morgan was listed at 173 cm (5' 8") in height and 64 kg (141 lb.) in weight. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (+67 kg) and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (–67 kg). Morgan lost her first match in Athens against Brazilian athlete Natália Falavigna da Silva. In 2006, Morgan became the first Australian taekwondo athlete to win a World Cup Title and to be ranked Number 1 in the world in her division.
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