BURNS Tom

Date of Birth: 23 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Place of residence : CHEONAN

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men -68kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -68kg Round of 16 #212 NZL BURNS TBURNS Tom 8 GBR SINDEN BSINDEN Bradly 53 PTG	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -68kg Repechage #238 NZL BURNS TBURNS Tom 8 TUR RECBER HRECBER Hakan 23 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	-63kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
1st Round	-63kg	2017	Muju, KOR

Oceania Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-68kg	2018	Mahina, PYF

World Junior Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Men's Light Middleweight 63-68kg	2016	Burnaby, BC, CAN

Tom (stuff.co.nz, 04 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 01 Oct 2020)

Occupation:

Sport Studies - Korea Nazarene University, Cheonan, KOR

Languages spoken:

English, Korean

Korea Nazarene University [Cheonan, KOR]

Han Seung-Yong [club]

He took up taekwondo at age six. (olympic.org.nz, 02 Apr 2020)

"I started taekwondo when I was six years old because I wanted to be a ninja, and that pushed me into the sport." (olympic.org.nz, 02 Apr 2020)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (olympic.org.nz, 02 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Always work hard but don't forget to enjoy the process." (Instagram profile, 31 Jul 2020)

General Interest

General
STUDYING OVERSEAS
In 2018 he moved from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Cheonan, Republic of Korea, to study and train at Korea Nazarene University. "It's totally transformed me, in my opinion. Your confidence when fighting goes through the roof. It [taekwondo] is a very minority sport in New Zealand. Here [Republic of Korea], there's more variety of training partners and they're all at a very high level, as well as different styles. Other internationals come to train from around the world, so it just provides me with a lot more opportunity and experience." (newshub.co.nz, 15 Apr 2020; insidethegames.biz, 08 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score
PTG:: Win by Point Gap

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