Skylar Park

Skylar M.-Y. Park (born 6 June 1999) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete.[1][2] She won the gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships on the women's 57 kg weight category.[3] She has qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 57 kg weight category.[4][5]

Skylar Park
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999
Winnipeg, Manitoba
ResidenceWinnipeg, Manitoba
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTaekwondo
Event(s) –57 kg
ClubTRP Academy
TeamCAN
Coached byJae Park (dad)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Canada
World Championships
2019 Manchester57 kg
Pan American Games
2019 Lima57 kg
Grand Prix
2018 Rome57 kg
2018 Manchester57 kg
2019 Rome 57 kg
Pan American Championships
2018 Spokane57 kg
2016 Queretaro57 kg
World Junior Championships
2016 Burnaby59 kg
Updated on 20 May 2019.

Career

In 2016, World Taekwondo released an article about her, after her performance on home soil winning the gold medal at the 2016 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Burnaby, Canada, naming her a "Star of Tomorrow".[6]

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References
  1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. "Taekwondo Canada | Athletes | Skylar Park". taekwondo-canada.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  3. "Campeonato Panamericano de Taekwondo (G4) y Open 2018 (G1)". mastkd.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  4. Palmer, Dan (4 January 2020). "Taekwondo Canada President congratulates Park on Olympic qualification". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. Gibson, Shane (14 January 2020). "Winnipeg taekwondo champ Skylar Park is heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Global News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. Dept, WT Communications (2016-11-21). "Stars of Tomorrow: Canada's Skylar Park - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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