Moon Dae-sung is a retired South Korean taekwondo athlete born September 3, 1976. He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 2004 Athens Games, defeating Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis in the final, and he also won gold at the 1999 World Championships in Edmonton, the 2002 Asian Games in Busan and the 2000 Asian Championships in Hong Kong, all in the heavyweight division.
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Career HighlightWon the 2004 Athens Olympic heavyweight taekwondo gold medal 1 Classification
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Moon Dae-sung (Korean: 문대성; born September 3, 1976) is a retired 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea.
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Moon Dae-sung (Korean: 문대성; born September 3, 1976) is a retired 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea.
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Moon Dae-sung (Korean: 문대성; born September 3, 1976) is a retired 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea.
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He won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens, Greece, in the heavyweight division after knocking out Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis with a reverse kick.
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is a retired 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea.
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Since his high profile win at the Athens Olympic Games, Moon has become a well known celebrity in South Korea, owing to his performance in the Gold Medal round.
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