Burcu Sallakoğlu

Burcu Sallakoğlu (born August 13, 1987) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight (72 kg) class. She is from Adana. She is a member of the Büyükşehir Belediye Ankara SK.

Personal life She grew up in a family with domestic violence. Her father used to mistreat her mother. The family's financial status was very good, but there was not an atmosphere of peace. Her parents had severe cultural differences due to parentage.

The family spent almost all assets for the father's therapy. Burcu's father died at the age of 35 from leukemia. Her mother made self-sacrifice, and tried to run her husband's business, however, without success. The family came into major financial difficulties. Burcu was at the age of twelve.

Burcu Sallakoğlu won the silver medal in heavyweight at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships held in Rome, Italy.

Achievements

2005 German Open - Bonn, Germany -67 kg 2008 A-Class German Open - Hamburg, Germany -72 kg 2008 European Championships - Rome, Italy -72 kg