| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Duncan Mahlangu |
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Born | 8 August 1983 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event | 68 kg |
Duncan Mahlangu (born August 8, 1983 in Pretoria) is a South African taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. [1] He captured a silver medal in the 68-kg class at the 2003 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, and later represented his nation South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2]
Mahlangu qualified as a lone taekwondo fighter for the South African squad in the men's featherweight class (68 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second behind South Korea's Lee Won-jae and granting a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris, France. [2] [3] [4] He failed to move beyond the opening round in a 7–11 defeat to Guatemalan taekwondo fighter and two-time Olympian Gabriel Sagastume. With his opponent losing the semifinal to Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-hsiung, Mahlangu denied his chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage rounds. [5] [6] [7]
