Cha Dong-min
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1986-08-24) August 24, 1986 (age 37)
EducationKorea National Sport University
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Websitekajunight[permanent dead link]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio De Janeiro +80 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gyeongju Middleweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ho Chi Minh City Heavyweight
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Heavyweight
Korean name
Hangul
차동민
Hanja
車東旻
Revised RomanizationCha Dong-min
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Tong-min

Cha Dong-min (Hangul: 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.

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. ^ 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.

External links


Olympic Champions in Taekwondo — Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg)
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