Carmen Marton Explained

Carmen Marton
Birth Date:1986 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia[1] [2]

Carmen Marton (born 30 June 1986[3]) is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. She is Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion.

Marton is of Polish Australian descent, since her parents were born in Poland[4] and came to Australia as refugees.[5] Her parents, siblings and partner[6] have all been taekwondo athletes.[7]

Career

As a junior, Marton achieved a number of international benchmark results:

She has also competed in the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships competing in the bantamweight and welterweight, winning two fights, the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships finishing in the round of 16, and the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in the lightweight division, losing to Marina Sumić in the quarter-finals [9]

Marton secured a bronze at the 2011 Universiade Games in Shenzhen, China. In September 2011 she secured the under 67 kg division for Australia at the Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament. She won, and competed in the 2008 Olympics in the +67 kg category, losing to Natália Falavigna in the quarterfinals.

Marton won the women's lightweight gold medal at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships,[10] becoming Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion,[11] after breaking the tied scores and defeating Korean Kim Huy Lan with just 4 seconds left on the clock.[12]

Marton, her partner, brother and sister all won Gold in taekwondo at the 2015 Pacific Games.[13]

Carmen participated in the Rio Olympics,[14] her third Olympics as a competitor.[15]

Personal

Marton is engaged[16] to fellow Olympic taekwondo athlete Safwan Khalil,[17] whom she met while she was a teenager.[18] The pair were Australia's only taekwondo representatives at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Marton narrowly missed out on winning a bronze medal.[19] Marton was born and raised a Catholic, but converted to Islam in 2009.[20] She describes her conversion as a natural progression: "[The] stories are the same [which] was really surprising to me".[21]

Marton's father is a Polish taekwondo exponent[22] and introduced her to the sport.[23] She has a brother, Jack, and sister, Caroline Marton, who are also her training partners and whom she describes as world-class athletes.[24]

She has a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science degree from Deakin University[25] [26] and was a former state volleyballer.[27] Her personal motto is ‘hard work and ambition overtake natural ability.’[28]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ramadan making things tough for taekwondo pair Safwan Khalil and Carmen Marton. 26 July 2014. Herald Sun. News Limited. 15 July 2012. 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016101852/http://www.news.com.au/sport/ramadan-making-things-tough-for-taekwondo-pair-safwan-khalil-and-carmen-marton/story-fnaqgujp-1226426157833. dead.
  2. Web site: Carmen Marton . Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) . 26 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810220622/http://www.vis.org.au/item/caroline-marton.html . 10 August 2014 . dmy .
  3. Web site: Carmen Marton . . 20 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110216014614/http://www.vis.org.au/athletes/carmen-marton . 16 February 2011 . dmy .
  4. News: David Polkinghorne. Carmen Marton and Safwan Khalil using pain of London to taekwondo to Rio. 26 July 2014. Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 20 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Glenn Osborne. Aussie Taekwondo hopeful looks towards Rio Olympics. SBS. 26 July 2014. 4 Feb 2014.
  6. Web site: Daily Telegraph.
  7. News: The Australian family fighting for Taekwondo gold in Rio. 1 February 2016. SBS. 19 Jan 2016.
  8. Web site: Carmen Marton Taekwondo . The Martial Arts . 26 July 2014 . 22 Apr 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728173435/http://themartialarts.com.au/carmen-marton-taekwondo/ . 28 July 2014 . dmy .
  9. News: Brown. Alex. Carmen Marton misses out on semis. 20 March 2011. The Age. 23 August 2008.
  10. News: Adaimy. Roje. Marton becomes taekwondo world champion. 13 August 2013. Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/07/22/marton-becomes-taekwondo-champion Marton becomes taekwondo champion
  12. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/04/aussie-taekwondo-hopeful-looks-towards-rio-olympics Aussie Taekwondo hopeful looks towards Rio Olympics
  13. News: Philip Ly. Taekwondo power couple win gold before Olympics. 1 February 2016. Liverpool Leader. News Limited. 21 August 2015.
  14. Web site: Four taekwondo athletes set to represent Australia in Rio. rio2016.olympics.com.au. 2016-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160717185201/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/four-taekwondo-athletes-set-to-represent-australia-in-rio. 17 July 2016. dead.
  15. Web site: Carmen Marton. rio2016.olympics.com.au. 2016-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225154444/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/carmen-marton1. 25 February 2017. dead.
  16. Web site: Rio Olympics: Meet Safwan Khalil and Carmen Marton, The Glamour Couple of Australia's Rio 2016 Team. Sharwood. Anthony. 2016-06-03. Huffington Post. 2016-03-06.
  17. Web site: A Fighting Couple - Carmen Marton & Safwan Khalil . . 25 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508171259/http://gold1043.com.au/shows/breakfast/listen/carmen-marton-safwan-khalil . 8 May 2013 . dmy .
  18. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/04/aussie-taekwondo-hopeful-looks-towards-rio-olympics Aussie Taekwondo hopeful looks towards Rio Olympics
  19. News: Gillian Tan. 2012 Olympic Profiles: Australia Taekwondo. 26 July 2014. The Wall Street Journal. 2 August 2012.
  20. News: Colman. Mike. Ramadan making things tough for taekwondo pair Safwan Khalil and Carmen Marton. 8 August 2012. Herald Sun. 15 July 2012.
  21. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/04/aussie-taekwondo-hopeful-looks-towards-rio-olympics Aussie Taekwondo hopeful looks towards Rio Olympics
  22. News: Alex Brown. Carmen Marton misses out on semis. 26 July 2014. Fairfax Digital. 23 August 2008.
  23. Web site: Bianca Baliviera. Carmen Marton: Australia's taekwondo queen. Blitz Martial Arts. Blitz Publications. 26 July 2014. 24 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170424025844/http://www.blitzmag.net/people/taekwondo-hapkido/596-carmen-marton-australias-taekwondo-queen. dead.
  24. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/04/aussie-taekwondo-hopeful-looks-towards-rio-olympics Aussie Taekwondo hopeful looks towards Rio Olympics
  25. Web site: Carmen Marton . 21 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016215236/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/carmen-marton . 16 October 2012 . dead .
  26. Web site: Ms Carmen Marton . 21 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927053119/http://www.deakin.edu.au/profiles/index.php?find=Carmen%20Marton . 27 September 2013 . dead .
  27. News: Alex Brown. Carmen Marton misses out on semis. 26 July 2014. Fairfax Digital. 23 August 2008.
  28. Web site: Deakin Spirit. Carmen Marton. 26 July 2014.

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