Tae-Ku Park | |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Birth Date: | 2001 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Hometown: | Winnipeg, Manitoba[1] |
Weight: | 74kg (163lb) |
Country: | Canada |
Sport: | Taekwondo |
Event: | –74 kg |
Club: | TRP Academy |
Team: | CAN |
Relatives: | Skylar Park |
Coach: | Jae Park |
Updated: | 24 October 2023 |
Tae-Ku Park (born 27 March 2001) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete. Park won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.
Park's father is Korean and his mother was born in Chile and is of Italian heritage.[2] His family has 16 black belts in taekwondo and the sport was practiced by his grandparents, his father, aunts, cousins, and brothers.[3] [4] His sister Skylar Park won gold at the same 2023 Pan American Games where he won his bronze, becoming the first siblings in the sport to medal at the same Pan American Games.[3]