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Seo Geon-woo

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Seo Goon-woo
Personal information
Born20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) (age 21)
Seoul, South Korea [1]
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Wuxi 80 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Da Nang 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Chuncheon 80 kg
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2025 Rhine-Ruhr 80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2025 Rhine-Ruhr Team Kyorugi
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu 80 kg

Seo Geon-woo (Korean: 서건우; born 20 December 2003) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

Career

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At the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships he won bronze in the 80 kg category in Chuncheon, South Korea. That year, he won bronze at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu.[2]

He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games in the mixed team event.[3][4] During the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix series he won the event in Manchester, England.[5] He won in Manchester again during the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix series in the 80 kg event.[6]

He was a bronze medalist in the -80 kg category at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam.[7] He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for his Olympic debut.[8][9][10] He lost to Edi Hrnic of Denmark in the bronze medal match.[11]

He won the gold medal in the -80kg category at the 2025 World University Games in Germany, Jiunyi Hung of Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the final.[12] He also won the gold medal in the team kyorugi event, as the discipline made its debut as a medal event.[13]

In October 2025, he won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the men's welterweight division, after he defeated the Olympic champion Firas Katousi of Tunisia in the quarter-final.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Seo Geon-woo". eurosport.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Korea's first Olympic participation in the men's 80kg class... Seo Geon-woo aims for a medal". gosusports.com. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Korea settles for silver in taekwondo mixed gender event at Asian Games". Korea Joongang Daily. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ "China opens taekwondo gold account at Hangzhou Asiad". news.cn. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Owen (23 October 2022). "Siqueira among winners on final day of World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester". Inside the Gemes. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (3 December 2023). "Two Olympic champions claim gold in the opening day of Manchester 2023 Grand Prix Final". Inside the Gemes. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "Asian Taekwondo Championships: South Korea and Iran win team titles". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Taekwondo: Korea hopes to get at least one gold medal at Paris 2024". Inside the Games. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Taekwondo practitioner looking to blaze trail in Olympic debut". Yonhap News Agency. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ^ "SEO Geonwoo". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
  11. ^ "Seo Geon-woo finishes 4th in men's taekwondo". The Korea Times. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (21 July 2025). "FWUG: Korea and China lead in kyorugi". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  13. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (24 July 2025). "Rhine-Ruhr: Taekwondo team titles decided". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Double joy for Türkiye and gold for Brazil on day four at Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships". Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  15. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (27 October 2025). "Wuxi 2025: Türkiye bags double gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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