Angel Valodia Matos, Taekwondo champion from Cuba and gold medalist from 2000 Olympics was disqualified for life for kicking match referee Chakir Chelbat from Sweden in the head. What an idiot. Leave your temper at home if you’re attending international competition, Angel Valodia Matos.

This was a bronze medal match between Arman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan and Angel Valodia Matos of Cuba in the men’s taekwondo 80 kilogram class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Angel Valodia Matos was disqualified for taking too long to recover from the injury and he didn’t take that lightly. Loser used his taekwondo training to deliver high kick into the face of a referee Chakir Chelbat and kept throwing punches at his coach and other people around. Well, those were the last punches he throws at a competition. He can now go back home to Cuba and kick his corn dummy in the face.

World Taekwondo Federation issued Angel Valodia Matos immediate lifetime ban from all of their championships. In other taekwondo news, South Korea’s Cha Dong-min won gold medal in the same category after winning fight against Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece.

Video of Angel Valodia Matos kicking referee Chakir Chelbat in the head is below (it’s in French).

Angel Valodia Matos Kicking Referee In the Face image credit: AP Photo/Matt Dunham

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