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Taekwondo At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 Kg
The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 21 the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. Competition format The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. Two bronze medals were awarded at the taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match. Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...) Qualifying athletes Resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Science And Technology University Gymnasium
The Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium () is an indoor arena located on the campus of the University of Science and Technology Beijing. The venue covers an area of 2.38 hectares and the total floor space of construction reaches 24,662 square metres. The seating capacity is 8,024 seats, including 3,956 temporary ones. It consists of a main gym and a comprehensive facility. Construction started in October 2005 and was completed in August 2007. During the 2008 Summer Olympics, it hosted the judo and taekwondo matches. During the 2008 Summer Paralympics, it hosted the preliminary rounds of wheelchair basketball and the wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practised in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport. The US name ... competition. After the Olympic Games, the gymnasium turned into a complex to host s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter López
Peter López Santos (born September 23, 1981) is an American-born citizen who is a Peruvian taekwondo fighter. He is most recognized for being a top international featherweight athlete for the Peruvian Taekwondo Team at present. Biography López was born in Irvine, California, in the United States, but aged five his family returned to live in Surquillo (Lima, Peru) for a few years. It was in Peru that López started his first taekwondo class with his dad, who would later become his coach during the early years of his career as an athlete. Eventually the family López returned to the U.S, where he began to competeand won 1998 Youth World Champion, Champion in the older category in 2001, bronze medal of the World Cup 2002, silver medal at the 2002 Pan American Championships and bronze medal at the 2003 World Championship, among others. In 2004, the Peruvian Taekwondo Federation invited López to lead a training course. It was at this time that he decided to represent Peru. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Campbell (taekwondo)
Logan Campbell (born 7 June 1986, in Auckland) is a New Zealand taekwondo practitioner who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. Campbell was first attracted to taekwondo as a child after watching '' The Karate Kid'' but initially struggled at the sport. He kept at it and won his first international tournament at the age of 13. He qualified for the 2005 Taekwondo World Championships and in 2006 won the WTF-Oceania Championships coming back from being down 3-0 in the final. In order to take part internationally he was funded by his parents but shortly before the 2008 Olympics did manage to get some sponsorship. Campbell qualified for the Olympics after winning the Featherweight (under 68 kg) category at the 2007 Oceania Qualification Tournament and won the Korean Open in July 2008. He broke his arm seven weeks before the Olympics, but it healed in time for him to participate. However he was drawn against the 2007 World Champion Sung Yu-chi in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Yu-Chi
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Ezedin Belgasem
Ezedin Belgasem Faraj Tlish ( ar, عز الدين بلقاسم فرج طليش; April 5, 19821 August 2011) was a Libyan taekwondo practitioner. Tlish was among thousands of civilians who were killed during the Libyan Civil War in 2011. Tlish made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed for the men's flyweight category (58 kg). He lost the first preliminary match by a total knockout to Chinese Taipei's Chu Mu-yen, who eventually became an Olympic champion in the final. At the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing, Tlish switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's lightweight division (68 kg). He was disqualified from the competition for unknown reasons, allowing his first o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitriy Kim
Dmitriy Kim (born 7 October 1989 in Tashkent) is a Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he received a walkover against Ezedin Tlish, before losing in the second round to Sung Yu-Chi. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg, Men's 68 kg competition, but was defeated in the first round. References External links * Uzbekistani male taekwondo practitioners Uzbekistani people of Korean descent 1989 births Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Uzbekistan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani people Koryo-saram sportspeople {{Uzbekistan-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Bekkers
Dennis Bekkers (born 29 November 1980 in Den Bosch) is a taekwondo practitioner from the Netherlands.Athlete biography: Dennis Bekkers beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 13, 2008 Bekkers competes in men's -68 kilograms class also known as the featherweight. He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championships in , . That same year he also won the bronze medal at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gessler Viera
Gessler Viera Abreu (born January 26, 1985) is a Cuban Taekwondo athlete. In 2007, he won the gold medal in featherweight (- 67 kg) at the World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing. References Profile Gessler Vierra Abreu is married to the Mexican Olympic Medallist Iridia Salazar Cuban male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Cuba 1985 births Living people World Taekwondo Championships medalists Pan American Games competitors for Cuba 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Manz
Daniel Manz (born September 12, 1987 in Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria) is a German taekwondo practitioner. He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships in Rome, Italy. Manz is also the husband of two-time Olympic taekwondo jin Sümeyye Gülec. Manz qualified for the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. He defeated Kyrgyzstan's Rasul Abduraim in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to U.S. taekwondo jin Mark López, with a score of 1–3. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Manz took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Afghanistan's Nesar Ahmad Bahave. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Chinese Taipei's Sung Yu-Chi Sung may refer to: *Sung, Cambodia, commune in Samlout District, Battambang Province *Singing (past part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasul Abduraim
Rasul Abduraim (born 12 December 1988 in Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyzstani taekwondo practitioner. At the 2008 Olympics, he competed in the men's featherweight competition but was knocked out by Daniel Manz. He competed in the 80 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the preliminary round by Mauro Sarmiento. He is a Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...i Uyghur. References External links * * 1988 births Living people Kyrgyzstani male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Kyrgyzstan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Chüy Region Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesar Ahmad Bahave
Nesar Ahmad Bahawi , born March 27, 1984, in Kapisa Province) is an Afghan Taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal in the lightweight category (72 kg) at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, edging out 2004 Olympic Champion Hadi Saei in the semifinals. Nesar won the bronze medal in the lightweight category at the 2006 Asian Games, and represented Afghanistan in the -68kg category at the Beijing Olympics, where he also acted as flagbearer in the opening ceremony. Nesar won the gold medal in the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games for taekwondo in the 72 kg weight range category. In 2010, he won the silver medal in the men's under 80 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games. Nesar acted as flagbearer for Afghanistan again at the 2012 London Olympics, where he competed in the -80 kg category. On August 10, while suffering from a leg injury, he advanced from the preliminaries to the quarterfinals where he was defeated by Sebastián Crismanich of Argentina. As Sebast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idulio Islas
Idulio Islas Gómez (born January 16, 1987 in Morelos) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, and bronze at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. Islas qualified for the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing third from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match by a superiority decision to Nigeria's Isah Adam Muhammad Isah Adam Muhammad (born 22 April 1987 in Kano) is a Nigerian taekwondo practitioner. At the |
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