Zhao Shuai (; born 15 August 1995) is a

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practitioner. He won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships, placing third earlier in 2015. He served as the flag bearer for China at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games, where he later won a silver medal. Zhao took up taekwondo in 2006. He has a degree in physical education from the

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. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Personal life

Zhao was born on 15 August 1995 in

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in the province of

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. His spouse was also an Olympic champion in Rio 2016, Zheng Shuyin.

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