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

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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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* * * * * * 1980 births Living people Greek male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for 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 Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games 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 Survivor Greece contestants 21st-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-taekwondo-bio-stub