Óscar Muñoz
Muñoz at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born9 May 1993 (1993-05-09) (age 30)
Ariguani, Colombia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byRene Forero (national)
Alvaro Vidal (personal)[2][3]
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London 58 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Querétaro58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Monterrey58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Sucre58 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 Veracruz63 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Trujillo58 kg

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.

Muñoz took up taekwondo aged 12. In March 2016 he started working as a taekwondo coach.[3]

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  1. ↑ Óscar Muñoz. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 "Overview Óscar Muñoz". 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 Óscar Luis Muñoz Oviedo. nbcolympics.com


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