Australia's Junior National Team kicked off their World Championships campaign with a high-performance training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, marking a key milestone in their preparation.
Australia's Junior National Team kicked off their World Championships campaign with a high-performance training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, marking a key milestone in their preparation.
Australia's Junior National Team kicked off their World Championships campaign with a high-performance training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, marking a key milestone in their preparation.
Warren Hansen was one of eight Australian Taekwondo athletes to compete at the Sydney 2000 Olympics – the first ever games to include Taekwondo as an official sport – where he acquitted himself well in the men's 80kg event.
Global Martial Arts (GMA) began its journey in the south-western Sydney suburb of Prestons in 2006, operating out of a local youth centre with no staff and offering just two […]
Twenty-four years ago in Sydney, Lauren Burns won the first ever Olympic Gold Medal for Taekwondo – a remarkable feat that captured the attention of a sporting nation and made the entire Australian Taekwondo community proud. That glorious moment inevitably stands out in Burns’ impressive career as an athlete, but her contribution to the sport and the community is not defined by a single competitive achievement. Not by a long shot.
Australia's Junior National Team Shines at AIS Training Camp
21 August 2024
Australia's Junior National Team kicked off their World Championships campaign with a high-performance training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, marking a key milestone in their preparation.
Warren Hansen was one of eight Australian Taekwondo athletes to compete at the Sydney 2000 Olympics – the first ever games to include Taekwondo as an official sport – where he acquitted himself well in the men's 80kg event.
Global Martial Arts (GMA) began its journey in the south-western Sydney suburb of Prestons in 2006, operating out of a local youth centre with no staff and offering just two
Heart of Gold: Lauren Burns supports Olympic-sized dreams
1 August 2024
Twenty-four years ago in Sydney, Lauren Burns won the first ever Olympic Gold Medal for Taekwondo – a remarkable feat that captured the attention of a sporting nation and made the entire Australian Taekwondo community proud. That glorious moment inevitably stands out in Burns’ impressive career as an athlete, but her contribution to the sport and the community is not defined by a single competitive achievement. Not by a long shot.
Victorian Bailey Lewis delivered an impressive performance at the Olympic Games, making a remarkable debut in the Taekwondo competition at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Australian Taekwondo and Southern Cross University have come together to collaborate on a research project to explore concussion knowledge and understanding within the Australian Taekwondo community. The research aims to enhance concussion education and improve safety in our sport.
Few events in the history of Australian sport have captured the imagination of the country like the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The Games of the XXVII Olympiad took on extra special significance for the rapidly growing sport of Taekwondo, which made its first appearance on the Olympic program for both men and women in Sydney, having twice been included as a demonstration sport in Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.
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