Nguyễn Văn Hùng (martial artist)

Vietnamese Taekwondo practitioner

For other people named Nguyen Van Hung, see Nguyen Van Hung.

Nguyễn Văn HùngNo. 10 – Thang Long Warriors

Position| Center
League| VBA
Personal information
Born|  (1980-05-05) May 5, 1980 (age 43)
Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
Nationality| Vietnamese
Listed height| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight| 199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career| 2016–present
Career history
2016| Saigon Heat (VBA)
2017| Saigon Heat (ABL)
2017| Thang Long Warriors
2019| Danang Dragons
2020–present| Thang Long Warriors
Medal record

Men's taekwondo
Representing  Vietnam
Asian Games
| 2002 Busan | Heavyweight
Asian Championships
| 2004 Seongnam | Heavyweight
| 2008 Luoyang | Heavyweight
| 2000 Hong Kong | Heavyweight
| 2006 Bangkok | Heavyweight

Nguyễn Văn Hùng (born 5 May 1980) is a Vietnamese martial artist, and professional basketball player for the Thang Long Warriors of the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA) and the Saigon Heat of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He is a three-time gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Southeast Asian Games. He also represented his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in taekwondo. For his accomplishments in sport, his government granted him the Honourable First Class Labour Order in January 2006.[1][2]

Văn Hùng was a member of the Vietnam national basketball team that competed in the 2017 SEABA Championship.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gala to honour athletes, coaches". Vietnamnet Bridge. Vietnam News Agency. 2006-01-20. Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
2. ^ "Taekwondo và Karatedo xuất trận, Pencak Silat sẽ lấy nhiều vàng". Sài Gòn Giài Phóng (newspaper). 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
3. ^ "Van Hung plans to use everything he has learned to help grow Vietnam basketball". fiba.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Nguyen Van Hung at FIBA
* Nguyen Van Hung at Eurobasket.com
* Nguyen Van Hung at TaekwondoData.com
* Nguyen Van Hung at Olympedia
* Nguyễn Văn Hùng at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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