Skylar Park

Skylar M.-Y. Park (born 6 June 1999) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete.[1][2] She won the gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships on the women's 57 kg weight category.[3] She has qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 57 kg weight category.[4][5]

Skylar Park

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	6 June 1999 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	–57 kg
Club	TRP Academy
Team	CAN
Coached by	Jae Park (dad)
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Canada World Championships 2019 Manchester 57 kg Pan American Games 2019 Lima 57 kg Grand Prix 2018 Rome 57 kg 2018 Manchester 57 kg 2019 Rome 57 kg Pan American Championships 2018 Spokane 57 kg 2016 Queretaro 57 kg World Junior Championships 2016 Burnaby 59 kg
Updated on 20 May 2019.

Career

In 2016, World Taekwondo released an article about her, after her performance on home soil winning the gold medal at the 2016 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Burnaby, Canada, naming her a "Star of Tomorrow".[6]

References

1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
2. "Taekwondo Canada | Athletes | Skylar Park". taekwondo-canada.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
3. "Campeonato Panamericano de Taekwondo (G4) y Open 2018 (G1)". mastkd.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
4. Palmer, Dan (4 January 2020). "Taekwondo Canada President congratulates Park on Olympic qualification". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
5. Gibson, Shane (14 January 2020). "Winnipeg taekwondo champ Skylar Park is heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Global News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
6. Dept, WT Communications (2016-11-21). "Stars of Tomorrow: Canada's Skylar Park - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2018-09-21.