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Taekwondo At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women. Tran Hieu Ngan became the first Vietnamese Olympic medalist in this competition. Qualification Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations A total of 103 taekwondo jins from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games: Controversies * Bronze medalist Chi Shu-Ju, Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, Hadi Saei and Pascal Gentil complained to the media about what they perceived as biased refereeing which made them lose their possible gold medal. Pascal Gentil even refused to be photographed with his fellow medalists Kim Kyong-Hun and Daniel Trenton in the medal ceremony. Gold medalist Steven López revealed some inside story from his viewpoint in his family's 2009 book, ''Family Power: The True Story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the second time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it would become an official sport eight years later at the 2000 Games. A total of 64 men and 64 women competed in eight different weight classes. Each event featured a single-elimination tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ... to determine the winner. People The head coach for the U.S. Olympic Taekwondo team was Dong Keun Park, the former member of the South Korean National Team from 1960 through 1966. He captained the South Korean team for five years with the undefeated record of winning more than 200 competition matches with multiple bouts, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Joon-sik
Sin Joon-Sik (born January 13, 1980) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., where he received a silver medal in the lightweight competition."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) References External links * 1980 births< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sun-hee (taekwondo)
Lee Sun-hee (born October 21, 1978) is a female South Korean taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she won the gold medal in the 67 kg competition. She won 6–3 in the final against Trude Gundersen of Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) References External links * * *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (1924–2010), Iranian film and theater actress
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Hamide is the feminine given name version of the name Hamid. It may refer to: Hamide * Hamide Akbayir (born 1959), German politician of Turkish descent *Hamide Ayşe Sultan (1887–1960), Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II * Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (born 1978), Turkish Taekwondo practitioner *Hamide Kurt (born 1993), Turkish Paralympian athlete Hamideh * Hamideh Abbasali (born 1990), Iranian karateka *Hamideh Kheirabadi Hamideh Kheirabadi ( fa, حمیده خیرآبادی; 21 December 1924 – 19 April 2010) was an Iranian film and theatre actress. She played in more than 200 feature films and in over 20 television series. In Iran, she is affectionately ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Jae-eun (taekwondo)
Jung Jae-Eun (born 11 January 1980) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... in Sydney, where she won the gold medal in the 57 kg competition."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) References External links * 1980 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Shu-ju
Chi Shu-ju (; born 27 November 1982) is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ... where she received a bronze medal in the 49 kg class."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 20, 2008) References External links * * * 1982 births ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Burns
Lauren Chantel Burns, OAM (born 8 June 1974) is an Australian taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion.Gordon, H. (c. 2000)Lauren Burns, TaekwondoRetrieved on 26 March 2010. She won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's under 49 kg class.Australian Olympic Committee (2003): ''The compendium: Official Australian Olympic statistics 1896–2003'' (p. 12). Saint Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland. () Burns holds the rank of 3rd ''dan'' black belt in taekwondo.Burns, L. (2003)The Fighter Retrieved on 26 March 2010; link updated on 23 August 2012. Following her competitive taekwondo career, she has been involved in a range of activities, including motivational speaking and community work. Early life Burns was born on 8 June 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,Burns, L. (2003)Facts & Info Retrieved on 26 March 2010; link updated on 23 August 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Gentil
Pascal Gentil (born 15 May 1973 in Paris) is a French taekwondo practitioner. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner in French taekwondo history. The S Class International Olympic Referee Dr. Mohamed Riad Ibrahim was the Referee in the Final Match of Pascal Gentil in the 2004 Summer Olympic in Athens, and in this Match Pascal Gentil Won the bronze medal. Captain of the French taekwondo team, Pascal Gentil won his third European title in October 2005 in Riga giving the French team a second position among the European countries behind Turkey with 6 medals including 3 titles. The ranking is the same as for the Athens Games with 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) as France finished as 2nd best European country behind Greece (host country). To prepare for the Olympics, the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Trenton
Daniel Trenton (born March 1, 1977) is an Australian lawyer and taekwondo coach who represented his country in the sport at international level.Taekwondo Queensland: Daniel Trenton (October 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. (2000). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He won a silver medal in the heavyweight (+80 kg) division of men's taekwondo at the in Sydney. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Estrada
Victor Manuel Estrada Garibay (born October 28, 1971 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he received a bronze medal in the 80 kg division. He also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ..., finishing in equal fifth position. Estrada also won a silver medal in the Middleweight at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York. References External links * 1971 births Living people Mexican male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
