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| Birth name | Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 26, 1990 Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | -63, -68, -74, -80kg [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Tiger Jins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison (born March 26, 1990, in Olongapo, Zambales [2] ), also known as Butch Morrison, is a Filipino taekwondo practitioner. [3]
During his childhood Morrison played recreational basketball. Being an avid viewer of Power Rangers and Masked Rider, these shows influenced Morrison to take up taekwondo and he started to learn the sport in a local taekwondo gym in Olongapo. [4]
Morrison attended the University of Santo Tomas and was part of the Tiger Jins, the university's taekwondo team. He won gold for UST at the UAAP in 2008. [5] [6] By 2011 he was reported to be a student of the Far Eastern University. [7]
Morrison has competed at the world championships three times. He was a gold medalist at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, and a bronze medalist at the 2014 Asian Games. [8] He also won silver at the 2011 Summer Universiade. [9] [7]
Morrison's attempt to qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics by entering the 2011 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament failed. He attributed his failure to a lack of discipline and composure amidst bad calls, as well as his opponent's tactics. Morrison's attempt to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics by competing at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. [4] also failed, although he was able to reach the Quarter finals. [10]
He plans within 2023, after the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and 2022 Asian Games. [11]
Morrison's father is a retired American Naval serviceman, and currently teaches History in the District of Columbia, and is based in Maryland. [2] Morrison's mother is Filipina. [4] Morrison has a family of his own and have a child. [11]
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