Seo Geon-woo
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| Born | 20 December 2003 (age 20) Seoul, South Korea [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Seo Geon-woo (Korean: 서건우; born 20 December 2003) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Career
[edit]At the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships he won bronze in the 80 kg category in Chuncheon, South Korea. That year, he won bronze at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu.[2]
He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games in the mixed team event.[3][4] During the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix series he won the event in Manchester, England.[5] He won in Manchester again during the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix series in the 80 kg event.[6]
He was a bronze medalist in the -80 kg category at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam.[7] He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for his Olympic debut.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Seo Geon-woo". Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Korea's first Olympic participation in the men's 80kg class... Seo Geon-woo aims for a medal". gosusports.com. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Korea settles for silver in taekwondo mixed gender event at Asian Games". koreajoongamgdaily. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "China opens taekwondo gold account at Hangzhou Asiad". news.cn. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (23 October 2022). "Siqueira among winners on final day of World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester". Inside the Gemes. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (3 December 2023). "Two Olympic champions claim gold in the opening day of Manchester 2023 Grand Prix Final". Inside the Gemes. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "Asian Taekwondo Championships: South Korea and Iran win team titles". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo: Korea hopes to get at least one gold medal at Paris 2024". Inside the Games. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo practitioner looking to blaze trail in Olympic debut". Yonhap News Agency. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- 2003 births
- Living people
- South Korean taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for South Korea
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
- 21st-century South Korean people
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics