KHALIL Safwan

Date of Birth: 15 May 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TRIPOLI

Birth Country:

Lebanon

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men -58kg	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -58kg Round of 16 #113 AUS KHALIL SKHALIL Safwan 7 THA SAWEKWIHAREE RSAWEKWIHAREE Ramnarong 23 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	-58kg	2012	London, GBR
Repechage Round	-58kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3rd Round	-58kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
4th Round	-58kg	2017	Muju, KOR
4th Round	-58kg	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS
2nd Round	-58kg	2013	Puebla, MEX
2nd Round	-63kg	2011	Gyeongju, KOR
2nd Round	-63kg	2007	Beijing, CHN
1st Round	-63kg	2009	Copenhagen, DEN

Oceania Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-58kg	2019	Apia, SAM
1	-58kg	2018	Mahina, PYF

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2017	Abidjan, CIV
1st Round	-58kg	2019	Moscow, RUS
Last 16	-58kg	2018	Fujairah, UAE
Last 16	-58kg	2016	Baku, AZE

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Sofia, BUL
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
Round 2	-58kg	2018	Manchester, GBR
Round 2	-58kg	2017	Moscow, RUS
1st Round	-58kg	2018	Taoyuan, TPE
1st Round	-58kg	2018	Rome, ITA
Round 1	-58kg	2017	London, GBR

Saf, Saffy (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 10 Mar 2016)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Partner Carmen Marton

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Ali Khalil [national, brother], AUS

Sporting relatives:

His partner Carmen Marton has represented Australia in taekwondo and competed in the 49-53kg category at the 2019 World Championships in Manchester, England. His brother Ali Khalil has served as head coach of the Australian national taekwondo team. (insidethegames.biz, 05 Jul 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2020)

He took up taekwondo at age 13 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (acpe.edu.au, 10 Jun 2011)

His parents encouraged him to direct his energy into something creative. (canberratimes.com.au, 20 Jun 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (7news.com.au, 27 Feb 2020)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (olympics.com.au, 10 Apr 2012)

Philosophy:

"Always look for a reason to succeed, not an excuse to fail." (olympics.com.au, 10 Apr 2012)

General Interest

General
SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE
In September 2019 he moved from Sydney, NSW, to Melbourne, VIC, Australia, to train full-time at the Australian Taekwondo facility with hopes of competing at his third Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I wasn't able to commit initially [when the facility was opened in 2018], I had a lot of responsibilities trying to juggle work, university and a lot of other things. There were a lot of sacrifices. I moved away from family and friends and quit my job." He secured Australia a spot in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia in February that year. (canberratimes.com.au, 02 Mar 2020; 7news.com.au, 27 Feb 2020)

LEBANESE ORIGINS
He was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War. His family moved to Australia when he was eight months old. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 10 Mar 2016)

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Legend

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:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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