Dae Sung Moon

Moon Dae-Sung (born September 3, 1976) is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens, Greece, in the heavyweight division after knocking out Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis with a reverse. Moon is a graduate of Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea, with a Bachelor's equivalent degree in physical education. He is a member of the Samsung Corporation Profe... more

Moon Dae-Sung (born September 3, 1976) is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Olympic taekwondo athlete from South Korea. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens, Greece, in the heavyweight division after knocking out Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis with a reverse. Moon is a graduate of Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea, with a Bachelor's equivalent degree in physical education. He is a member of the Samsung Corporation Professional Taekwondo team. His predecessor in the heavyweight division of the Korean National team was Kim Je-Gyoung, two time Olympic Gold Medalist and also a member of the Samsung Professional Team and graduate of Dong-A University. This university has a long and celebrated tradition of producing high-caliber taekwondo athletes with an emphasis on excellent ring-generalship and overall fitness. Prior to admission to the elite Samsung team, Dae Sung served as Captain and then head coach (though not overall administrative leader) of the Dong-A... less