Cha Dong-min (Korean: 차동민; Hanja: 車東旻; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰa.doŋ.min]; born August 24, 1986, in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
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| 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
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| Hangul | 차동민 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 車東旻 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Cha Dong-min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Tong-min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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 edit
- 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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