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Cha Dong-min (Korean차동민; Hanja車東旻; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰa.doŋ.min]; born August 24, 1986, in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

Cha Dong-min

Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
BornAugust 24, 1986 (age 38)
EducationKorea National Sport University
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Websitekajunight[permanent dead link]
Korean name
Hangul

차동민

Hanja

車東旻

Revised RomanizationCha Dong-min
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Tong-min

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]

  1. ^ a b "Cha Dong-min". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. 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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.