Bailey Lewis
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 12 November 1997 Werribee, Australia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Weight class | Lightweight |
Bailey Lewis (born 7 November 1997) is an Australian taekwondo practitioner.[1]
Career
[edit]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 -58 kg 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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bailey Lewis". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Bailey Lewis flying high". brimbanknorthwest. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Wyndham's Olympians Ready to Shine at Paris Games". Wyndhamtv.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (22 July 2024). "Australian taekwondo athletes chase Olympic dream in Paris". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (7 April 2024). "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (27 May 2024). "Three Australian Taekwondo athletes selected for Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Australia's taekwondo Olympics team looks to break 24-year medal drought in Paris". abc.net.au. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Lewis makes Olympic team". Wyndham.starweekly. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Houston, Michael (1 July 2020). "Australian taekwondo star Lewis receives boost from hosting Zoom sessions". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.