Chu Mu-yen (; born 14 March 1982) is a Taiwanese

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

athlete from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

. He is the second Taiwanese athlete and first male to win a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...

at the Olympics, winning in men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Games. In the

2008 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 Nati ...

, Chu won the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receiv ...

in the men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo. He also won the gold medal in the

2003 World Taekwondo Championships The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from ...

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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1982 births Living people Taiwanese people of Hakka descent Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Taiwan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Taiwan Olympic bronze medalists for Taiwan Hakka sportspeople Sportspeople from Taoyuan City Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Olympic medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Taiwan-Olympic-medalist-stub