Jack Marton (born 7 July 1992) 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 ...
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.
Career
In 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.
Marton qualified to
represent Australia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
in Tokyo, Japan after winning the men's 80 kg event at the
2020 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Gold Coast, Australia.
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.
Achievements
References
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Living people
1992 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Australian male taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia
21st-century Australian sportsmen
Pacific Games gold medalists for Australia
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