Chan-Ok Choi
Chan-Ok Choi (born February 11, 1961 in Seoul , South Korea ) is a German professional soldier and was an internationally successful needleweight taekwondo athlete during his active competitive days. For several years, Choi headed the Bundeswehr sports promotion group in Stuttgart . After its dissolution on December 31, 2008, he was transferred to the Cologne Sports Promotion Group, in which he was already doing his military service. In the future, the professional soldier will be deployed in the Cologne Sports Promotion Group and then in the new location center for top-class sport to be established there.
Athletic career
The native South Korean with German citizenship entered the Federal Republic of Germany at the age of 11. Until then he had trained under the direction of his grandfather, the most popular sport in Korea, baseball . In Germany he practiced judo, soccer, gymnastics, athletics, handball, table tennis and karate up to the age of 17 when he finally switched to the martial arts Taekwondo in the late 1980s . His trainers were:
- 1976–1978: Ricardo Mercado Sierra (karate master) Siersdorf-Aldenhoven.
- 1978–1980: Hermann-Josef Lehsmeister from Baesweiler ,
- 1980–1981: Klaus Langhoff from Stolberg ,
- 1981–1984: Hubert Leuchter and Wolfgang Ganser from Stolberg,
- 1984–1986: Georg Dorff from Cologne
- 1986–1990: Kim Chul-hwan from Aachen .
Sporting successes
Chan-Ok Choi was a member of the German Taekwondo National Team ( DTU ) from 1982 to 1990 . During this time he was able to achieve several national and international successes:
- 8 × German champion
- 5 × International German Champion
- 6 × International Dutch Champion
- International French champion
- International Turkish Master
- two-time vice-European champion in 1982 in Rome ( Italy ) and 1984 in Stuttgart
- 3rd place World Championship 1983, Copenhagen ( Denmark )
- European Champion 1986 in Seefeld ( Austria )
- 5th place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (Korea) (demonstration competition)
See also
credentials
- ↑ stuttgarter-zeitung.de: Sports soldiers leave Theodor-Heuss-Kaserne ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ sport-komplett.de: Taekwondo - German Championships (men) , accessed on November 23, 2012
- ↑ a b sport-komplett.de: Taekwondo - European Championships (men) , accessed on November 23, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choi, chan-ok |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German professional soldier and Taekwondo athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |