Stacey Hymer
Stacey Hymer (born 2 July 1999) is a Taekwondo athlete from Australia.
Career
[edit]Hymer was a fourth year Bachelor of Science student at RMIT University, when she was to compete in the 57 kg class Taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics. She had previously won a gold medal at the 2018 Oceania Championships, and bronze medals at the 2019 French Open, 2019 Korean Open, and 2020 Dutch Open.[1]
Hymer qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she competed in the women's 57 kg class.[2] She was leading world number 3 Skylar Park 12–6 before being overhauled by her opponent 25–15.[3][4]
She competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet Stacey Hymer: student, foodie and Olympian". www.rmit.edu.au.
- ^ "2020 Olympics". www.theroar.com.au. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ readJuly 25, Christy Doran 3 min; Newsroom, 2021-4:10PMNews Corp Australia Sports (25 July 2021). "'Olympic nerves' cost Aussie rising star dearly". heraldsun.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Hymer overhauled in taekwondo battle". PerthNow. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Stacey Hymer at TaekwondoData.com
- Stacey Hymer at Olympics.com
- Stacey Hymer at Olympedia
- Stacey Hymer at the Australian Olympic Committee
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Australian female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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