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Hou Yuzhuo

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Hou Yuzhuo (Chinese: 侯玉琢; pinyin: Hóu Yùzhuó; born 14 November 1987 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner. She won gold medal in 2009 Copenhagen World Taekwondo Championship and the silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she defeated American Beijing bronze medalist Diana López in the final seconds in the first round, before beating Suvi Mikkonen in the second round and Marlène Harnois in the semi-final. She lost 6-4 to Jade Jones in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Hou Yuzhuo is the 5,331st most popular athlete (up from 5,981st in 2024), the 1,504th most popular biography from China (up from 1,559th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Chinese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hou Yuzhuo ranks 5,331 out of 6,025Before her are Gabriele Magni, Lee Dong-jun, Alina Rotaru-Kottmann, Danny McFarlane, Nienke Kingma, and Marina Kuptsova. After her are Ulugbek Rashitov, Marcus Gross, Thomas Bimis, Rebecca Smith, Dai Tamesue, and Luke Littler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Hou Yuzhuo ranks 1,047Before her are Yasin Öztekin, Jan Charouz, Sam Reid, Tyrese Rice, José Francisco Torres, and Rafael Valls. After her are Aragoney da Silva Santos, Gor Sujyan, Michaël Pereira, Anđela Bulatović, Viacheslav Kravtsov, and Tobias Wendl.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hou Yuzhuo ranks 1,504 out of 1,610Before her are Ge Fei (1975), Yang Min (1963), Wang Yimei (1988), Gao Yao (1978), Zhang Shan (1968), and Teng Haibin (1985). After her are Li Nina (1983), Fu Ming (1983), Li Jun Li (null), Han Cong (1992), Li Ling (1985), and Luo Xuejuan (1984).

Among ATHLETES In China

Among athletes born in China, Hou Yuzhuo ranks 113Before her are Wang Jie (1983), Qin Kai (1986), Tian Tao (1994), Bai Xue (1988), Yang Min (1963), and Zhang Shan (1968). After her are Li Ling (1985), Huang Xu (1979), Liu Chunhong (1983), Ko Lai Chak (1976), Zhu Guo (1985), and Cao Yuan (1995).