Hou Yuzhuo

Hou Yuzhuo (Chinese侯玉琢, Pinyin Hou Yuzhuo, born November 14, 1987 in Zhangjiakou ) is a Chinese Taekwondo. It starts in the weight class up to 57 kg.

Hou played their first international title fights at the Junior World Championship 2004 in Suncheon. In the category up to 59 kilograms, she reached the final against Veronica Calabrese and won silver. In the adult area, she was able to prevail against the national competition only in 2009. She started at the 2009 World Championships in Copenhagen, reached in the class up to 57 kg with five wins the final, where she met Calabrese again. This time Hou remained victorious and won her first world title. Another successful event was the following year. In the Asia Cup in Astana and the Asian Games in Guangzhou she reached the finals and won the silver each. The world title was Hou successfully defend the World Cup 2011 in Gyeongju. In the final, this time Jade Jones proposed scarce. In Shenzhen, she won another medal at the Universiade with silver; they only lost in the final against Marlène Harnois.

At the International Olympic qualifying tournament in 2011 in Baku Hou reached the final and secured the participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. There she made ​​it to the finals, but then defeated the British Jade Jones with 4:6 points. Thus Hou won a silver medal at her first Olympic Games.