Cha Dong-min

This is a Korean name; the family name is Cha.
Cha Dong-min
Personal information
Nationality South Korean
Born (1986-08-24) August 24, 1986
Education Korea National Sport University
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Website kajunight
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing +80 kg
2016 Rio De Janeiro +80 kg
World Championships
2011 Gyeongju Middleweight
Asian Championships
2012 Ho Chi Minh City Heavyweight
East Asian Games
2009 Hong Kong Heavyweight
Korean name
Hangul 차동민
Hanja 車東旻
Revised Romanization Cha Dong-min
McCune–Reischauer Ch'a Tong-min

Cha Dong-min (Hangul: 차동민, Hanja: 車東旻; born August 24, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

Sports career

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. 1 2 "Cha Dong-min". Rio2016. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ↑ Results of taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archived May 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "FACTBOX-Olympics-Taekwondo-Gold medallist Cha Dong-min". Reuters. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  4. 1 2 "Taekwondo medalist grateful for bronze at final Olympics". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. ↑ "차동민, 8년 만의 메달과 함께 은퇴 '유종의 미'(종합)" (in Korean). Yonhap. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

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