Bailey Lewis

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Bailey Lewis
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1997-11-12) 12 November 1997 (age 26)
Werribee, Australia
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Weight classLightweight

Bailey Lewis (born 7 November 1997) is an Australian taekwondo practitioner. [1]

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Career

Lewis attained a world ranking of No. 20 in 2017 and won the Dutch Open in 2018. He had a fifth-place finish at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Korean Open. [2] [3] He also won bronze at the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix in 2022 and again in 2023. [4]

He trained at the National Performance Centre in Melbourne under the guidance of National Team Coach Seokhun Lee. [5] In April 2024, he won gold at the Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament defeating Issac Myrle in the -58kg division. [6]

He was officially selected to compete for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men's -58 kg category in May 2024. [7] [8]

Personal life

He is from Werribee, a suburb of Melbourne. He trained at City West Taekwondo in Hoppers Crossing. [9] He hosted online video interactive sessions as part of Australian Taekwondo's COVID-19 response initiative in 2020. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bailey Lewis". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bailey Lewis flying high". brimbanknorthwest. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Wyndham's Olympians Ready to Shine at Paris Games". Wyndhamtv.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Aranda, Claudio (1 September 2023). "Golds for Türkiye, Iran and Great Britain on opening day of Paris 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix". mastkd. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (22 July 2024). "Australian taekwondo athletes chase Olympic dream in Paris". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (7 April 2024). "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (27 May 2024). "Three Australian Taekwondo athletes selected for Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Australia's taekwondo Olympics team looks to break 24-year medal drought in Paris". abc.net.au. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lewis makes Olympic team". Wyndham.starweekly. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Houston, Michael (1 July 2020). "Australian taekwondo star Lewis receives boost from hosting Zoom sessions". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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