Tom Burns (taekwondo)
Appearance
Tom Burns(born 23 April 2000) is ataekwondoathlete fromNew Zealand.
Education[edit]
In 2018, as an 18-year-old, Burns left his home town of Christchurch to study atKorea Nazarene UniversityinCheonan.[1]
Career[edit]
He was selected to compete at theTaekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kgand lost toBradly Sinden.In the repechage he was drawn againstHakan Reçber.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^"New Zealand taekwondo star attributes Olympic qualification to South Korea move".www.insidethegames.biz.8 May 2020.
- ^"Taekwondo - BURNS Tom".Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2021.Retrieved25 July2021.
- ^Tokyo, Rebecca Myers."Jade Jones' dream of historic third Olympic gold falls flat in taekwondo first round - but Bradly Sinden reaches men's semi-final".ISSN0140-0460.Retrieved25 July2021.
External links[edit]
- Thomas Burnsat TaekwondoData.com
- Thomas BurnsatOlympics.com
- Thomas BurnsatOlympedia
- Thomas Burnsat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee