Moon Dae-Sung

For the footballer, see Moon Dae-Seong.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Moon.

Medal record
Competitor for  South Korea
Men's Taekwondo
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	+80 kg
World Championships
Gold	1999 Edmonton	Heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold	2002 Busan	Heavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold	2000 Hong Kong	Heavyweight

Moon Dae-Sung
Hangul	문대성
Hanja	文大成
Revised Romanization	Mun Dae-Seong
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Taesŏng

Moon Dae-Sung (born September 3, 1976) is a retired 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea. 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.

Career

He entered Dong-A University on a taekwondo scholarship in 1995 and performed consistently well in national competitions during his college years, though usually overshadowed by the dominant heavyweight champion Kim Je-Gyoung.

Upon graduation from Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea in 1999, Moon became a member of the Samsung Corporation Professional Taekwondo team. Many considered Moon to be the next Kim Je-Gyoung, two time Olympic Gold Medalist and also a member of the Samsung Professional Team and graduate of Dong-A University, in the heavyweight division of the Korean National team.

Since his high profile win at the Athens Olympic Games, Moon has become a well known celebrity in South Korea, owing to the spectacular performance in the Gold Medal round, his striking good looks, and tall stature. He has become the official Audi Automobile Company's spokesman and has made numerous television and public appearances.

Notable abilities which make him an elite and consistent athlete are: Left leg roundhouse kick, left leg back kick and reverse (with which he knocked out Alexandros Nikolaidis) as well as a solid grasp of other core techniques indispensable to fighting in high level international and Korean domestic competitions.

Post career

In August 2008 he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee by the 120th IOC Session.^[1]

References

1. ^ International Olympic Committee: 120th IOC Session concludes in Beijing

Persondata
Name	Moon, Dae-Sung
Alternative names
Short description	South Korean taekwondo athlete
Date of birth	September 3, 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
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