Duncan Mahlangu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Duncan Mahlangu

Olympic taekwondo practitioner

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1983

Place of Birth: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: taekwondo athlete

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Duncan Mahlangu

  • Duncan Mahlangu (born August 8, 1983 in Pretoria) is a South African taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category.
  • He captured a silver medal in the 68-kg class at the 2003 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, and later represented his nation South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics.Mahlangu qualified as a lone taekwondo fighter for the South African squad in the men's featherweight class (68 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second behind South Korea's Lee Won-jae and granting a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris, France.
  • He failed to move beyond the opening round in a 7–11 defeat to Guatemalan taekwondo fighter and two-time Olympian Gabriel Sagastume.
  • With his opponent losing the semifinal to Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-hsiung, Mahlangu denied his chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage rounds.

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