Caroline Marton (born 14 April 1984) is an Australian

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete from

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, Australia. In attempting to qualify for the

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she was disqualified in the final match with seconds remaining. She won the

2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament for Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio Olympic Games took place in 27 February 2016 at the Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winners of each of the eight cat ...

as the only competitor in her weight class and therefore is qualified to compete at the

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. She is the sister of world taekwondo champion

Carmen Marton Carmen Marton (born 30 June 1986) is an Australian taekwondo athlete. She is Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion. Marton is of Polish Australian descent, since her parents were born in Poland and came to Australia as refugees. Her ...

. She and her sister are training partners.

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1984 births Living people Martial artists from Melbourne Australian people of Polish descent Australian female taekwondo practitioners Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Australian sportswomen Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Pacific Games gold medalists for Australia {{taekwondo-bio-stub