Hou Yuzhuo
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women's taekwondo | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | 57 kg |
World Championships | ||
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2009 Copenhagen | Featherweight |
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2011 Gyeongju | Featherweight |
Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Featherweight |
Asian Championships | ||
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2010 Astana | Featherweight |
Universiade | ||
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2011 Shenzhen | Featherweight |
Hou Yuzhuo (Chinese: 侯玉琢; pinyin: Hóu Yùzhuó; born 14 November 1987 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner. She won gold medal in 2009 Copenhagen World Taekwondo Championship and the silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she defeated American Beijing bronze medalist Diana López in the final seconds in the first round, before beating Suvi Mikkonen in the second round and Marlène Harnois in the semi-final.[1] She lost 6-4 to Jade Jones in the final.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hou Yuzhuo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ Kitson, Robert (2012-08-09). "Jade Jones wins Olympic gold with devastating taekwondo display". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- Profile from The-Sports.org
External links
[edit]- Hou Yuzhuo at TaekwondoData.com
- Hou Yuzhuo at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
- Hou Yuzhuo at Olympics.com
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- Chinese female taekwondo practitioners
- Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
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- Sportspeople from Zhangjiakou
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for China
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Chinese women
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