Carmen Marton is Australia's the first ever World Taekwondo Champion, to name some of her achievements, she won silver at both the 2001 and 2003 Junior Asian Championships. In 2002, at the age of 16 she won a silver medal at the World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. In 2004 she won a bronze at the Asian Championships Seoul Korea.
A golden night for Korea and Argentina saw the energy of the first two days of competition at the taekwondo venue of the London 2012 Olympic Games carry over to a third. Crismanich takes Argentina's first gold of the London Olympics.
Taekwondo is a sport that is beginning to define its own history at the Olympics. Here are some facts to prove it.
Safwan Khalil may be the envy of Australia's Olympic camp. While Carmen Marton, who finished ninth in her less than 67kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has come to London to challenge the same event.
Australian taekwondo player Carmen Marton says she is heading into her second Olympics in a better position compared to four years ago.
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