Óscar Muñoz
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Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo (born 9 May 1993) is a Colombian
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 who won a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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.


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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 at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Magdalena Department 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-taekwondo-bio-stub