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You Su-mi is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
She won a gold medal in flyweight at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York City, after defeating Águeda Pérez López in the final. [1]
Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon-Do is a Korean form of martial arts characterized by punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament.
Yaowapa Boorapolchai is a Thai taekwondo athlete who was the bronze medalist in the women's under 49 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She graduate Bachelor of Arts Historical major from Thammasat University.
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Tang Soo Do refers to a Korean martial art based on Karate and may include fighting principles from subak, as well as northern Chinese martial arts. Before the Nine Kwans united and formed the martial art Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do was used by select Kwans to identify their Karate-derived martial arts style.
Gwladys Patience Épangue is a French taekwondo athlete. Representing France at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, she won the silver medal in the welterweight division, losing to Hwang Kyung-Seon from South Korea in the final. At the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, she won a silver medal, losing to Hwang in the final again.
Lim Su-jeong is a female South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
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South Korea competed at the 2009 East Asian Games held in Hong Kong, China from October 29, 2005 to November 6, 2005.
South Korea competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 248 athletes, 135 men and 113 women, competed in 22 sports.
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Su Po-ya is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. She represented Chinese Taipei at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a gold medal in the women's 53kg bantamweight event.
Cho Hyang-mi is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Kim Hye-mi is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
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