Che Chew Chan (born 1 October 1982 in Pontian, Johor) is a Malaysian

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner. She is a three-time defending champion for the middleweight category and won a total of four gold medals at the

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, a silver medalist at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...

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, and a silver medalist at the 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Luoyang, China. Che qualified for 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 ...

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, after winning a gold medal for the women's 72 kg class at the Asian Taekwondo Qualifying Tournament for Beijing Olympic Games in Vietnam. She competed for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg), where she first defeated Uzbekistan's

Evgeniya Karimova Evgeniya Sergeevna Karimova ( uz, Евгения Сергеевна Каримова; born June 12, 1989) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal for the heavyweight category at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, losing ...

in the preliminary match, with a decisive score of 5–4. A few hours later, she lost the quarterfinal match to Norway's

Nina Solheim Nina Solheim (born 4 August 1979) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in the women's heavyweight (+67 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, beaten by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza in ...

, with a score of 1–3. Because Solheim advanced further into the final match against Mexico's María del Rosario Espinoza, Che was offered another shot for a bronze medal triumph through the repechage bout, where she was eventually defeated by Egypt's Noha Abd Rabo, with a lethargic performance, at a score of 1–5.

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