Nguyễn Quốc Huân
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| Full name | Nguyễn Quốc Huân | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Vietnam | ||||||||||||
| Born |
2 October 1981 Hanoi, Vietnam | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 58 kg | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nguyễn Quốc Huân (born October 2, 1981 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's flyweight category.[1] He claimed a silver medal in the 58-kg division at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Philippines, and finished fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his nation Vietnam.[2] Nguyen is also the elder brother and a personal coach of Nguyen Quoc Cuong, who claimed the bronze medal in the boys' 55 kg category at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010.[3]
Nguyen qualified for the Vietnamese squad in the men's flyweight class (58 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a berth and placing fifth from the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.[4][5] Nguyen edged past Russia's Seyfula Magomedov in his opening match 12–10, and then yielded a startling 4–2 victory over his British opponent Paul Green in the quarterfinals.[6] Fighting against his Mexico's Óscar Salazar in the semifinals, Nguyen had collected a knee injury which his Mexican opponent ruthlessly exploited and ended the match in a painful 0–8 defeat.[7] In the repechage, Nguyen slipped his chance for Vietnam's first Olympic medal at these Games after he was cautiously beaten by Spain's Juan Antonio Ramos 0–8 in his first playoff, relegating Nguyen to fifth.[8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "Nguyễn Quốc Huân". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Brothers to deal blows in SEA Games". Việt Nam News. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Brothers and Olympic medals". Báo Mới. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Men's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Văn Hùng, Quốc Huân đoạt vé dự Olympic Athens 2004" [Van Hung, Quoc Huan booked tickets for the 2004 Athens Olympics] (in Vietnamese). Hànộimới. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Green suffers Taekwondo defeat". The Daily Telegraph. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Hopps, David (27 August 2004). "Injury leaves Green to seek spiritual consolation". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Taekwondo – Men's Flyweight (58kg/128lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ "Vietnam misses first Athens medal". Talk Vietnam. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Quốc Huân hết cơ hội tranh huy chương tại Athens 2004" [Quoc Huan lost his opportunity for a medal at Athens 2004] (in Vietnamese). Vietbao. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.