Chu Mu-yen (; born 14 March 1982) is a Taiwanese

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. He is the second Taiwanese athlete and the first male to win a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

at the Olympics, winning in men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Games. In the 2008 Olympics, Chu won the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...

in the men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo. He also won the gold medal in the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships.

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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1982 births Living people Taiwanese people of Hakka descent Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Taiwan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Taiwan Olympic bronze medalists for Taiwan Hakka sportspeople Sportspeople from Taoyuan City Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Olympic medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade People from Pingzhen District {{Taiwan-Olympic-medalist-stub