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Lauren Burns
First Taekwondo Official Olympic Medalist
1990 Gold


Photo Lauren Burns




Chika Chukwumerije
Africa Olympic Player of the Year


                                                                       Chika Chukwumerije is a graduate in the subject of mechanical engineering. His father, Uche Chukwumerije was a
                                                                       National Senator and Information Minister of Nigeria.  At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria Chukwumerije
                                                                       won  the gold .  In the 2008 Beijing Olympics competing in the men's +80kg event, Chukwumerije defeated Vietnam's
                                                                       Nguyen Van Hung in the preliminary rounds. He defeated Mali's Daba Modibo Keïta in the quarterfinals, but lost to
                                                                       Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis in a controversial decision.  Above he is congratulated by Nigeria goverment officials
                                                                       as he is being inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of  Fame.  At center is Prince Demola Adeniji-Adele Honourable
                                                                       Commissioner of Youth, Sports and Social Development for Lagos State.  Photo by Master Sarah Alex


                                    Chika receiving a personal congratulation from Prince Demola Adeniji-Adele  /  Photo by Master John Holloway




NIA ABDALLAH
First Official USA Female Taekwondo Medalist
2004 Bronze

Nia Abdallah made history at Athens 2004 by being the FIRST and to this day ONLY USA female
to have won an official Olympic medal in Taekwondo. She received Taekwondo's highest honor and
made history again on April 6th 2007 when she became the world's first official Olympic medalist
to be inducted into the TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME



2000 Summer Olympics
TAEKWONDO
(Official Medalists)

MEN'S DIVISION

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg) Michail Mouroutsos - Greece (GRE) Gabriel Esparza - Spain (ESP) Huang Chih-Hsiung - Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Lightweight (68 kg) Steven Lopez - United States Sin Joon-Sik - South Korea Hadi Saei - Iran (IRI)
Middleweight (80 kg) Angel Matos - Cuba (CUB) Faissal Ebnoutalib - Germany (GER) Victor Estrada - Mexico (MEX)
Heavyweight (+80 kg) Kim Kyong-Hun - South Korea (KOR) Daniel Trenton - Australia (AUS) Pascal Gentil - France

   
WOMEN'S DIVISION

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg) Lauren Burns - Australia (AUS) Urbia Melendez - Cuba Chi Shu-Ju - Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Lightweight (57 kg) Jung Jae-Eun - South Korea (KOR) Tran Hieu Ngan - Vietnam (VIE) Hamide Bikçin Tosun - Turkey (TUR)
Middleweight (67 kg) Lee Sun-Hee - South Korea (KOR) Trude Gundersen - Norway (NOR) Yoriko Okamoto - Japan (JPN)
Heavyweight (+67 kg) Chen Zhong - China (CHN) Natalia Ivanova - Russia (RUS) Dominique Bosshart - Canada (CAN)




2004 Summer Olympics
TAEKWONDO
(Official Medalists)

MEN'S DIVISION

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg) Chu Mu-Yen - Chinese Taipei (TPE) Oscar Salazar - Mexico (MEX) Tamer Bayoumi - Egypt (EGY)
Lightweight (68 kg) Hadi Saei - Iran (IRI) Huang Chih-Hsiung - Chinese Taipei Song Myeong-Seob - South Korea
Middleweight (80 kg) Steven Lopez - United States Bahri Tanrikulu - Turkey Yossef Karami - Iran
Heavyweight (+80 kg) Moon Dae-Sung - South Korea Alexandros Nikolaidis - Greece (GRE) Pascal Gentil - France (FRA)

   
WOMEN'S DIVISION

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg) Chen Shih-Hsin - Chinese Taipei (TPE) Yanelis Labrada - Cuba (CUB) Yaowapa Boorapolchai - Thailand (THA)
Lightweight (57 kg) Jang Ji-Won - South Korea (KOR) Nia Abdallah - United States Iridia Salazar - Mexico
Middleweight (67 kg) Luo Wei - China (CHN) Elisavet Mystakidou - Greece (GRE) Hwang Kyung-Sun - South Korea
Heavyweight (+67 kg) Chen Zhong - China (CHN) Myriam Baverel - France (FRA) Adriana Carmona - Venezuela