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Birth name | Frederik Emil Olsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 3 October 2002||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 58kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Soo Shim | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Niklas Andersson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederik Emil Olsen (born 3 October 2002) is a Danish-born Swedish taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships at the under 58 kg weight category. [1] [2]
Olsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark but at 10 years old moved to Skellefteå, Sweden to sign a contract with Soo Shim, after he revealed his natural talent at taekwondo sparring. His most viewed sparring video on YouTube has over half a million views as he was known as "The Taekwondo Kid" at the time, being invited to Kukkiwon several times for promoting the sport and being considered a prodigy by them. [3] Later on, he won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Cadets Championship for Denmark. [4]