Zhu Guo (; born June 14, 1985, in
Fuxin
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,
Liaoning
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) is a male
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Taekwondo
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practitioner.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Zhu won the bronze medal in the men's 80 kg category. He lost to eventual gold medalist
Hadi Saei
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of
Iran
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in the quarterfinals but captured bronze by defeating
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of
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and
Deepak Bista
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of
Nepal
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in the repechage.
External links
* Zhu Guo's profile and Olympics results fro
Sports-Reference
1985 births
Living people
Chinese male taekwondo practitioners
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for China
People from Fuxin
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Sportspeople from Liaoning
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
21st-century Chinese people
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