Cha Dong-min
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Born | August 24, 1986 |
| Education | Korea National Sport University |
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb)[1] |
| Website | kajunight[permanent dead link] |
Medal record | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 차동민 |
| Hanja | 車東旻 |
| Revised Romanization | Cha Dong-min |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Tong-min |
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Cha Dong-min (Korean: 차동민; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰa.doŋ.min]; born August 24, 1986) is a retired South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Sports career
He was born in Seoul, South Korea.[citation needed] In 2008, he won the gold medal in the +80 kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games.[2][3] He participated in the 2012 London Olympic Games to defend his title as the Number 1 seed in the 80 kg division, but was eliminated in the Quarterfinal round against Bahri Tanrıkulu of Turkey.[4] He competed for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the same division where he won a bronze medal. This was his last International competition, as he announced his retirement.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cha Dong-min". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ Results of taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archived May 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "FACTBOX-Olympics-Taekwondo-Gold medallist Cha Dong-min". Reuters. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Taekwondo medalist grateful for bronze at final Olympics". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ 차동민, 8년 만의 메달과 함께 은퇴 '유종의 미'(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap. 2016-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
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External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ja Dong-Min". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- Cha Dong-min at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Cha Dong-min on Cyworld (in Korean)
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Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- South Korean male taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Korea National Sport University alumni
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen