Walter Dean Vargas(October 18, 1971) is an Olympic Taekwondo trainer [1] and former Taekwondo representative [2] having garnered third place in the men's 58 kilogram division. [3] [4] He won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships, and a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Taekwondo Championships. [5]
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| Full name | Walter Dean Vargas | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Taekwondo trainer | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +58kg | |||||||||||||
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