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Mar 26, 1952 Died on 12 Jan 2010 (aged 57)
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About Tran Trieu Quan
- Tr?n Tri?u Quân (March 26, 1952 – January 12, 2010) was a Vietnamese-Canadian grandmaster of taekwondo and a professional engineer.
- He was president of one of the three International Taekwon-Do Federation groups from mid-2003 until his death.
- Tr?n held the rank of 9th dan black belt in taekwondo. Tr?n was born on March 26, 1952, in Vietnam.
- He began his study of taekwondo when he was twelve years old.
- Tr?n attained black belt status by the age of 17, and was teaching taekwondo under his instructor, Kim Bong Sik.
- He emigrated to Canada in 1970, studying mechanical engineering at Laval University and establishing the first taekwondo schools in eastern Canada.Apart from his extensive taekwondo activities, Tr?n operated Norbati Consultants Tr?n & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in building standards and project management for the construction sector.
- In 1994, Tr?n was imprisoned in Vietnam after a one-million-dollar sale of cotton to a Vietnamese state company, which he had brokered, fell through.
- He spent three years in prison before being released.Tr?n was promoted to 7th dan on July 1, 1990, 8th dan on December 3, 2000, and 9th dan on December 22, 2008.
- He was appointed President of one of the three ITF organizations on June 13, 2003.Tr?n was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on business (ironically, working on improving building standards to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes), and was staying in the Hôtel Montana when it collapsed in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010.
- Upon Tr?n's disappearance, ITF Senior Vice-President and Grand Master Pablo Trajtenberg was named Acting President of the ITF group that Tr?n had led.
- Tr?n's remains were found and his death was confirmed on February 12, 2010.Tr?n was married to Nguy?n Th? M?.
- They had two daughters and a son—Joliette, Cécilia, and Nicolas—all holders of black belts in taekwondo.
- Apart from his wife and children, Tr?n left behind a son-in-law, François Beaudin; grandchildren Jasmine and Sandrine; and brothers Tr?n Tri?u Cung and Tr?n Tri?u Lân.
