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Taekwondo At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 Kg
The men's 58 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. 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 British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results On 13 July 2012 the World Taekwondo Federation World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). The ''World Taekwo ... released the provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ExCeL Exhibition Centre
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, located between Canary Wharf and London City Airport History The centre was designed by Moxley Architects and built by Sir Robert McAlpine. It opened in November 2000. In May 2008 it was acquired by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company. Phase II of development, which included building London's first International Convention Centre (ICC) and creating an "eastern arrival experience", was completed on 1 May 2010 with Phase 3 expected to be completed by 2023/24. In 2015, CentrEd at ExCeL was opened, which expanded the centre's facilities to incorporate training and meeting space near the western entrance of the venue overlooking Royal Victoria Dock. The Royal Victoria Dock closed to commercial traf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safwan Khalil
Safwan Khalil (born 15 May 1986 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. He competed at the London Olympics in the 58 kg division, losing in a bronze medal match against Alexey Denisenko. Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, he has lived in Australia since he was a child, attending Lurnea High School in south-western Sydney and training at his brother's gym, Global Martial Arts. His brother Ali Khalil, is also his coach, and the Australian Olympic coach for 2012., Khalil is engaged to fellow Olympic taekwondo athlete Carmen Marton. The couple were married under Islamic law (but not under Australian civil law) prior to the London Olympics in 2012. Kahalil qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which will be his second Olympics as a competitor. Khalil qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the men's 58 kg event in the round of 16, he lost to Ramnarong Sawekwiharee Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (born December 18, 1996) is a Thai Taekwondo athlete who won two b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei Chen-Yang
Wei Chen-yang (; born 23 February 1992 in Nantou County) is a Taiwanese retired taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; he defeated Le Huynh Chau in the preliminary round and was eliminated by Alexey Denisenko Alexey Alexeyevich Denisenko (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Денисенко; born 30 August 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 58 kg division and a silver at the 2016 Ri ... in the quarterfinal. Wei retired from taekwondo in 2014. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Taiwanese male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Taiwan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Nantou County Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiner Oviedo
Heiner Oviedo (born 28 December 1988, in San José) is a Costa Rican taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the preliminary round by Aleksey Denisenko Alexey Alexeyevich Denisenko (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Денисенко; born 30 August 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 58 kg division and a silver at the 2016 Ri .... References 1988 births Living people Costa Rican male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Costa Rica Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Costa Rica Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamer Bayoumi
Tamer Salah Ali Abdu Bayoumi (Arabic Language, Arabic:) (born 12 April 1982) is an Egyptian taekwondo athlete who won a bronze medal in the 58 kg weight class at the Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics after defeating Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Spain. See also *Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics External linksSee Tamer Bayoumi in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame 1982 births Living people Egyptian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Egypt Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Egypt Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nursultan Mamayev
Nursultan Mamayev (born 27 June 1993, in Shymkent) is a Kazakh taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the preliminary round by Tamer Bayoumi Tamer Salah Ali Abdu Bayoumi (Arabic Language, Arabic:) (born 12 April 1982) is an Egyptian taekwondo athlete who won a bronze medal in the 58 kg weight class at the Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics after d .... References External links * 1993 births Living people Kazakhstani male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Kazakhstan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Shymkent Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games gold medalists f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen-Ek Karaket
Pen-Ek Karaket (born 18 March 1990, Bangkok) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the under 58 kg weight class. Karaket lost to Lee Dae-Hoon in the first round. As Lee reached the gold medal match, Karaket was entered into the repechage. Karaket beat Tamer Bayoumi to reach the bronze medal match but lost that to Óscar Muñoz of Colombia. Karaket is coached by Thailand's national taekwondo coach Choi Young-Seok. He also competed in the Asian Games 2010 where he earned silver for Thailand. Karaket graduated from Budin Decha School in the year 2007. Currently he is enrolled to Kasetsart University. References External links Profile* 1990 births Living people Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Pen-ek Karaket Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pen-ek Karaket Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Pen-ek Karaket Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Mercedes
Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes (born November 12, 1979 in Monte Plata, Monte Plata Province) is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after tying with Guillermo Pérez of Mexico, but losing by a judge's decision. He carried the flag for his delegation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was favored to win his county's third medal at these games. He competed in the Men's 58 kg (flyweight). He lasted one round and a half. A bad move shattered the meniscus and the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He kept fighting with evident pain, before he limped away in tears. See also * Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Francia Jackson was chosen to be the flag bearer at the games instead of the previous chosen athlete Félix Sánchez (hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tameem Al-Kubati
Tameem Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kubati (born 1 January 1989 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni taekwondo practitioner. Al-Kubati won a bronze medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships and a gold medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 58kg event. He was the flag bearer of the Yemeni sports team during the opening ceremonies. On August 8, he advanced from the preliminaries to the quarterfinals by defeating Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic (8-3). In the quarterfinals, he was defeated by Óscar Muñoz Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo (born 9 May 1993) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -58 kg weight class. This was the fifth Olympic medal for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and ... of Colombia (2-14). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Muñoz
Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo (born 9 May 1993) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -58 kg weight class. This was the fifth Olympic medal for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the first medal in this sport. At the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ... he was eliminated in the first bout. Muñoz took up taekwondo aged 12. In March 2016 he started working as a taekwondo coach. References 1993 births Living people Colombian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Colombia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokdad El-Yamine
Mokdad El-Yamine (born 13 July 1986 in Marseille) is an Algerian taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the preliminary round by Óscar Muñoz Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo (born 9 May 1993) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -58 kg weight class. This was the fifth Olympic medal for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and .... References 1986 births Living people Algerian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Algeria Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Marseille 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
