Moon Eui-Jae

Olympic athlete

1975 –

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Who is Moon Eui-Jae?

Moon Eui-Jae is a retired South Korean wrestler who won two Olympic silver medals in freestyle wrestling, Men's Freestyle 76 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Men's Freestyle 84 kg in Athens in 2004. In Sydney, he actually lost his semi-final and won the bronze medal match, but was awarded the silver medal later after the disqualification of Alexander Leipold due to a drug infraction. He was also runner-up at the World Championships in 1998 and 2001, and was gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games.

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Born
Feb 10, 1975
Daejeon
Also known as
  • Eui Jae Moon
Nationality
  • South Korea

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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