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| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-08-24) August 24, 1986 (age 38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Korea National Sport University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | kajunight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 차동민 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 車東旻 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Cha Dong-min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Tong-min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
In 2008, he won the gold medal in the +80 kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games.
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.
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.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
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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