Nguyễn Văn Hùng (born 5 May 1980) is a Vietnamese martial artist, and professional

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player for the Thang Long Warriors of the

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(VBA) and the

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of the

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

(ABL). He is a three-time gold medalist in

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

at the

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. He also represented his country at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

. For his accomplishments in sport, his government granted him the Honourable First Class Labour Order in January 2006. Văn Hùng was a member of the

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that competed in the

2017 SEABA Championship The 12th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. It also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It was held from 12 to 18 May 2017 in the ...

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* * Vietnamese male taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Vietnam Living people 1980 births Sportspeople from Thanh Hóa province Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 1998 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Vietnamese basketball players Saigon Heat players Centers (basketball) SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Vietnamese people Thang Long Warriors players Danang Dragons players {{Vietnam-taekwondo-bio-stub