Óscar Muñoz
Colombian taekwondo practitioner
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Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo (born 9 May 1993) is a Colombian taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -58 kg weight class.[2] This was the fifth Olympic medal for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the first medal in this sport. At the 2016 Olympics he was eliminated in the first bout.
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| Born | 9 May 1993 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rene Forero (national) Alvaro Vidal (personal)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muñoz took up taekwondo aged 12. In March 2016 he started working as a taekwondo coach.[3]
