Taekwondo - 4 athletes

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Caroline Marton | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O䘀朄cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Caroline Marton
Athlete Biography
After a heartbreaking end to her London 2012 quali䘀쐂cation campaign, Caroline Marton will have
the chance to represent her country at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Marton was disquali䘀쐂ed up
nine points with 15 seconds to go in the 䘀쐂nal London 2012 quali䘀쐂cation bout and has spent the
past four years in search of redemption of that result. Marton’s path to Rio was made slightly
easier when she was the only to contest her division at the Oceania Quali䘀쐂cation Tournament.
It will be a family a䘀䤃air for Marton at the Rio 2016 Games with her sister Carmen set to compete at
her third Olympic Games. Carmen’s partner Safwan Khalil will make his second Games appearance
while Khalil’s brother Ali will coach the team.
Marton packed up her things and moved from Melbourne to Sydney at the start of 2015 in order to
train with her sister Carmen and Safwan believing it would give her the best chance possible to
qualify for Rio. The results soon followed as she made the third round of the World Championships,
moved into the top 20 in the Olympic rankings, won Paci䘀쐂c Games gold and made the quarter-䘀쐂nals
in the tough Grand Prix series.
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Taekwondo
Fast Facts
Sport Taekwondo
Event/s 57kg Women
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Status Selected
Nickname Karolina
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Height 168
Weight 56
Age 32
Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Lives Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
3rd (-57kg) - Greece Open (Thessaloniki, Greece)
17th (-57kg) – WTF Grand Prix (Manchester, UK)
5th (-57kg) – WTF Grand Prix (Samsun, Turkey)
1st (-53kg) - Paci䘀쐂c Games (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
9th (-53kg) – 2015 World Championships (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
Career Highlights
Making the Australia Olympic Team for the 䘀쐂rst time for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Progressing through to the quarter-䘀쐂nals at the 2015 Grand Prix event in Turkey.
Winning Asian Championships silver in 2004 and Universiade bronze in 2007.
Education
Primary Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School
Secondary Fairhills High School Scoresby Melbourne
Tertiary Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) Monash University; Arts Honours (Political Science);
Masters of JD Monash University (Deferred)
Training
Coach Ali Khalil (2011 - current)
Club Melbourne Taekwondo Centre
Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) New South Wales Institute of Sport
(NSWIS)
Primary Training Base Global Martial Arts Sydney
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Q&A
Superstition/s None
Favourite food I don't discriminate
Favourite holiday destination Beach and sun
Favourite music Anything that has a beat
Dream car A new one
Personal Motto I can
Star Sign Aires
I would spend my last $10 on Co䘀䤃ee (and I have many times)
Tattoos/Piercings A tattoo on my right bicep which pays homage to my Polish roots
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Fencing
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Taekwondo player Brigitte Yangue from Spain who was 8 -1
down and won in the 䘀쐂nal 30 seconds in the semi-䘀쐂nals at London 2012
Most In䘀uential person in your career/life My sister - Carmen Marton Australia's 䘀쐂rst World
Champion and dual Olympian who believes we all have what it takes to be a World Champion
Why this sport? I had no choice in the matter. My dad foced me to against my wishes. I wanted to
be a ballerina.
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Safwan Khalil | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Safwan Khalil
Athlete Biography
Safwan Khalil will return to the Olympic fold in Rio having made his debut at the London 2012
Games. Khalil came through the repechage to make the bronze medal match in the -58kg division
where he went down 3-1 in a close encounter with Russia’s Alexey Denisenko.
With the top six ranked athletes in the world at the end of 2015 automatically qualifying for Rio,
tenth ranked Khalil just missed out on booking his Olympic ticket early. Instead Khalil went to the
Oceania Olympic Quali倀茂cation Tournament in Papua New Guinea where he convincingly defeated
Isaac Myrie of the Solomon Islands 14-0 to claim the -58kg division.
The 29-year-old will line up in Rio alongside his partner and soon-to-be triple Olympian Carmen
Marton, Carmen’s sister Caroline and Hayder Shkara. The team will be coached by Safwan’s brother
Ali.
He made history in 2011 when he became Australia’s 倀茂rst ever Universiade gold medallist in
taekwondo. At the event, which is open to university students from around the world, Khalil won
the -58kg division after defeating Iran’s Hadi Mostaan in Shenzen, China.
Khalil was born in Tripoli, Lebanon and, 倀霂eeing from war, immigrated to Australia when he was
eight-months old with his parents, two brothers and sister.
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Fast Facts
Sport Taekwondo
Status Selected
Event/s 58kg Men
Height 184
Nickname Saf/Sa倀ࠃy
Weight 58
Age 30
Born Tripoli, Lebanon
Lives Lurnea, NSW, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 5th (-58kg)
2003 Sydney Youth Olympic Festival - 2nd
Recent Performances
3rd (-63kg) - 2016 German Open (Hamburg, Germany)
3rd (-58kg) - 2016 Spanish Open (Alicante, Spain)
1st (-58kg) - 2016 Oceania Championships (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
2nd (-58kg) - 2015 US Open (Reno, USA)
9th (-58kg) - 2015 WTF Grand Prix (Manchester, UK)
Career Highlights
Qualifying to represent Australia at the 2012 London Olympic Games after winning the Oceania
Championships.
Being the 倀茂rst Aussie in history to win the World University Games in 2011.
Qualifying for my second Olympic Games through the 2016 Oceania Championships.
Education
Primary Lurnea Public School (NSW, Australia)
Secondary Lurnea High School (NSW, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor Of Health And Physical Education. ACPE
Training
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Club Global Martial Arts, Prestons, Sydney
Institute/Academy NSWIS, Sydney Olympic Park.
Primary Training Base Prestons, Sydney
Secondary Training Base NSWIS, Sydney Olympic Park. Zsolt Zomber
Q&A
Favourite food Mum's cooking, Wood 倀茂red Pizza
Favourite holiday destination Alicante, Spain
Personal Motto Always look for a reason to succeed, not an excuse to fail - 'Better never stops'
Star Sign Taurus
I would spend my last $10 on Chocolate.
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Archery
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning the 400m gold t the Sydney 2000
Olympics
First Olympic Memory? My oldest brother taking me to watch the boxing live at the Sydney 2000
Games where I met Kostya Tszyu and Evander Holy倀茂eld.
Most In倀霂uential person in your career/life My father - my hero
Why this sport? One on one combat. The rush before the 倀茂ght begins leaves me speechless and I
love it.
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Carmen Marton | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O现粿cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Carmen Marton
Athlete Biography
Carmen Marton will compete at her third Olympic Games in Rio after a strong lead-in to the Games
saw her win Paci c Games gold midway through 2015 before she secured her Olympic berth with a
6-1 victory over New Zealand’s Rhiannon O’Neill at the Oceania Quali cation Tournament.
Having been in contention for Athens 2004, she made her Olympic debut at the Beijing 2008
Games where she bowed out in the quarter- nals in the +67kg division. Four years later she went
down 8-2 in the -67kg bronze medal match to Germany’s Helena Fromm.
Marton made history in 2013 when she became Australia’s rst taekwondo World Champion. She
defeated Korea Republic’s Kim Hwi-lang in the dying seconds to claim the -62kg title in Puebla,
Mexico. She’d previously nished on the podium at the World Championships having claimed
bronze in 2005.
The 29-year-old will be joined by partner Safwan Khalil, who will compete in his second Games in
Rio, and sister Caroline Marton who will make her Olympic debut at the rst Olympic Games on
South American soil. Along with fellow teammate Hayder Shkara, the team will be coached by
Safwan’s brother Ali.
Marton was introduced to the sport when she was eight by her father Andrew who had trained in
Poland when growing up. She began competing on the international scene in 2000 and had plenty
of early success becoming Australia's rst female athlete to win a silver medal at a World Cup
before just missing out on quali cation for Athens 2004 as an 18-year-old.
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Fast Facts
Sport Taekwondo
Status Selected
Event/s 67kg Women
Weight 67
Height 172
Age 30
Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Lives Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
2008 Beijing - 9th (+67kg) 2012 London - 5th (-67kg) Bronze Medal Play-O
2002 Sydney Youth Olympics Festival - 3rd
Recent Performances
3rd (-67kg) - Greece Open (Thessaloniki, Greece)
3rd (-67kg) - Spanish Open (Alicante, Spain)
1st (-67kg) - Oceania Quali cation Tournament (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
1st (-67kg) - Paci c Games (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
17th (-62kg) – 2015 World Championships (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
Career Highlights
Making history as I became the rst ever Australian to win a Gold Medal at the World
Taekwondo Championships (2013).
Making the semi nals and the bronze medal play o at the 2012 London Olympics.
Becoming the youngest and rst female to win a silver medal at the World Cup (2002).
Education
Primary Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Fairhills High School (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science - Deakin University (2009 - 2013)
Training
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Coach Andrew Marton (1994 - current) Alf Dell'Orso (1997- current)
Club Melbourne Taekwondo Centre, Victoria
Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport
Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia
Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Fresh bread, butter, cheese
Favourite holiday destination Spain and France
Favourite music Missy Elliot, Lauren Hill, Sade, Led Zep
Dream car Mustang
Personal Motto Begin everything with 'I Can", because the only thing you 'can't' do is
underestimate yourself!
Star Sign Cancer
I would spend my last $10 on Co ee and charity
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be UFC (one day)
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? 2008 -57kg bronze medal match between Taiwan and
Croatia.The Taiwanese fought on one leg with a torn ACL, PCL, and torn ankle ligaments
First Olympic Memory? Mohammad Ali lighting the torch at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
Most In弯‫ܗ‬uential person in your career/life My parents
Why this sport? My dad forced me to do it
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Hayder Shkara | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O⠻횄cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Hayder Shkara
Athlete Biography
Hayder Shkara will make his Olympic debut at the Rio 2016 Games after being just one win from
quali낞鷿cation for London 2012. Shkara won the -80kg division at the Oceania Olympic Quali낞鷿cation
Tournament against New Zealand’s Vaughn Scott whom which he was defeated by to miss out four
years earlier.
Shkara was a part of Australia’s successful 2015 Paci낞鷿c Games taekwondo team that took home
nine gold and four silver medals. Shkara won his division at the event with the gold medal match
again against Vaughn Scott.
He went on to claim three bronze medals in the back end of 2015 at the Polish, Russian and Serbian
Opens which saw him move into the top 20 in the Olympic rankings.
Having studied a double degree in law and journalism at the University of Technology Sydney and
currently works as a solicitor
He is a founding member of a charity organisation named The Youth Centre. The charity focuses on
helping disadvantaged youth in South Western Sydney by providing a range of services including
tutoring, sports counselling and spiritual guidance. It was also involved in the Federal Government
Initiative to prevent violent extremism in Australia.
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Fast Facts
Sport Taekwondo
Status Selected
Event/s 80kg Men
Height 184
Nickname Haydz
Weight 80
Age 26
Born Sydney, NSW, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
1st (-80kg) - 2016 Spanish Open (Alicante, Spain)
1st (-80kg) - 2016 Oceania Championships (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
3rd (-80kg) - 2015 Serbian Open (Belgrade, Serbia)
3rd (-80kg) - 2015 Russian Open (Moscow, Russia)
3rd (-80kg) - 2015 Polish Open (Warsaw, Poland)
Career Highlights
Winning the Oceania Quali낞鷿cation Tournament to make the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Winning gold at the 2015 Paci낞鷿c Games in Papua New Guinea.
Winning gold medals at the 2014 and 2016 Spanish Opens.
Education
Primary Padstow Park Primary School, NSW Australia
Secondary Homebush Boys High School, NSW, Australia
Tertiary Bachelor of Law/Journalism - University of Technology Sydney (2008 - 2013)
Training
Club Global Martial Arts, Liverpool Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Institute/Academy Global Martial Arts, NSWIS
Primary Training Base Liverpool, Sydney
Secondary Training Base NSWIS, Sydney
Q&A
Favourite food Pizza
Favourite holiday destination My bedroom in bed with a bag of chips
Favourite music Any type of upbeat music that gets me through a training session. Special thanks
to Taylor Swift for that.
Dream car Size is everything. The bigger the better.
Personal Motto The stiest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by
bending with the wind.
Star Sign Gemini
I would spend my last $10 on Hot Chips
Tattoos/Piercings None
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Gymnastics because I am very 妘孟exible
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning the 400m in Sydney
First Olympic Memory? Mohammed Ali lighting the 妘孟ame in Atlanta
Most In妘孟uential person in your career/life My mum. She pushed me from a young age to work
hard and supported me throughout my career.
Why this sport? I was never good at any sports, so I just stuck to the 낞鷿rst one I was successful at
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Taekwondo - 4 athletes

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