Jack Marton

Jack Marton 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]

Jack Marton
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Australia
Pacific Games
2015 Port Moresby 74 kg
2019 Apia 80 kg

In 2013, he 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]

He has 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.

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2015Pacific Games1st74 kg
2019Pacific Games1st80 kg

References
  1. "Day 1 – 16th Pacific Games" (PDF). ma-regonline.com. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2019.
  2. "Results Book" (PDF). 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "Medalists" (PDF). 2020 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.


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