Tina Morgan

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| birth_name = Tina Michelle Morgan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|8|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Townsville, Australia

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| residence = Perth, Western Australia

| nationality = Australian

| occupation = Taekwondo coach

| martial_art = Taekwondo

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| teacher = Jin-Tae Jeong, Daniel Trenton

| spouse = Bahri Tanrıkulu

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Tina Michelle Tanrıkulu (née Morgan, born 10 August 1982) is an Australian taekwondo coach and former international competitor.{{cite web |url=http://beijing2008.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=20849&teamId=23 |title=Tina Morgan |work=Official Site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002102101/http://beijing2008.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=20849&teamId=23 |archive-date=2 October 2009 |access-date=21 April 2010}}[http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/4515/Tina+Morgan Australian Olympic Committee: Tina Tanrikulu (nee Morgan)] (c. 2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. 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.{{cite news |title=Tina Tanrıkulu Ankaragücü'nde |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/18279190.asp |newspaper=Hurriyet |language=tr |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=13 July 2013}}

Early life

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 to 2004) and Daniel Trenton (from 2005 to 2008).

Competitive taekwondo career

Morgan was listed at {{convert|173|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} in height and {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}} 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.

Morgan managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics despite sustaining a major knee injury less than a year before Olympic Qualifications, with orthopaedic Surgeon Hayden Morris performing a repair operation using donor tissue to reduce recovery time.McArthur, G. (2007): [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22468699-5013612,00.html Tina Morgan set for 2008 Olympic Games tae kwon do] Herald Sun (24 September 2007). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. The operation involved transplanting a deceased person's patella tendon into Morgan's knee. Her hopes of fighting for a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics were dashed when she lost a third-round match to Canadian Karine Sergerie on decision.Anonymous (2008): [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/taekwondo-loss-a-blow-to-morgan/story-e6freyp0-1111117272419 Tina Morgan cries foul after Beijing Olympics taekwondo loss] The Australian (22 August 2008). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.Hinds, R. (2008): [http://www.theage.com.au/news/taekwondo/dead-legs-and-another-kick-in-the-teeth/2008/08/22/1219262523923.html Dead legs and another kick in the teeth] The Age (23 August 2008). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. Morgan eventually placed fifth after she lost the bronze medal match against French competitor Gwladys Épangue 4–1.

Post-competition career

On 29 January 2009, Morgan married Turkish taekwondo competitor and Olympic silver medallist Bahri Tanrıkulu in Perth.Anonymous (2009): [http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Getting-a-kick-out-of-marriage/7518267/ Getting a kick out of marriage] Community News (4 February 2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. At the time, Morgan said that she was looking forward to coaching future taekwondo competitors.

References

External links

[http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/athleteprofile/0,27316,24089344-5017541,00.html Fox Sports: Tina Morgan] contains a photograph of Morgan (July 2008).
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Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian female taekwondo practitioners

Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia

Category:Sportswomen from Western Australia

Category:Sportspeople from Townsville

Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Victorian Institute of Sport alumni

Category:Western Australian Institute of Sport alumni

Category:University of Southern Queensland alumni

Category:Martial artists from Perth, Western Australia