Michael (Michalis) Mouroutsos (born February 29, 1980 in Langadia,

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) is an

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gold medalist from

. He became the inaugural Olympic champion in the men's -58 kg division at the

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in Sydney.

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* * * 1980 births Living people Greek male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Greece Olympic gold medalists for Greece Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo European champions for Greece Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade bronze medalists for Greece European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade People from Langadia, Arcadia Sportspeople from the Peloponnese 20th-century Greek people 21st-century Greek people Survivor Greece contestants {{Greece-taekwondo-bio-stub