Dominique Bosshart (born October 7, 1977) is a

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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. She was Canada's only taekwondo competitor during the

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in Sydney, where she won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division ( + 67 kg). She competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

in Athens but did not medal. Bosshart began studying taekwondo at age 13, at the urging of her brother. At age 15, she moved from living with her parents in Landmark, Manitoba to living on her own in

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in order to train with Master Joo Kang at Kang's Taekwondo Academy.

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Athlete bio on CBC.ca
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