Duncan Mahlangu (born August 8, 1983 in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

) is a South African taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He captured a silver medal in the 68-kg class at the 2003 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, and later represented his nation

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at the

2004 Summer 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), ...

. Mahlangu qualified as a lone taekwondo fighter for the South African squad in the men's featherweight class (68 kg) at the

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, by placing second behind South Korea's Lee Won-jae and granting a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

. He failed to move beyond the opening round in a 7–11 defeat to Guatemalan taekwondo fighter and two-time Olympian

Gabriel Sagastume José Gabriel Sagastume Ríos (born January 5, 1982, in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He picked up a gold medal in Panam taekwondo championships in Oranjsted, Aruba in 2 ...

. With his opponent losing the semifinal to Chinese Taipei's

Huang Chih-hsiung Huang Chih-hsiung (; born 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Tae ...

, Mahlangu denied his chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage rounds.

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