Jack Marton (born 7 July 1992) is an Australian taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2015 Pacific Games held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. He repeated this in 2019 with the gold medal in the men's 80 kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa.[1]
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| Born | 7 July 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2013, Marton competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships held in Puebla, Mexico and in 2015, he competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[2]
Marton qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the men's 80 kg event at the 2020 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Gold Coast, Australia.[3] In the final, he defeated Alexander Allen of Guam. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Marton competed in the men's 80 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist Seif Eissa of Egypt.[4]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2015 | Pacific Games | 1st | 74 kg |
| 2019 | Pacific Games | 1st | 80 kg |
References
edit- ^ "Day 1 – 16th Pacific Games" (PDF). ma-regonline.com. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Medalists" (PDF). 2020 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links
edit- Jack Marton at TaekwondoData.com
- Jack Marton at Olympics.com
- Jack Marton at Olympedia
- Jack Marton at the Australian Olympic Committee
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