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 represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 57 kg weight category.[4][5][6] Her father is Korean and her mother is Italian with Chilean heritage.[7]

Skylar Park
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTaekwondo
Event(s) –57 kg
ClubTRP Academy
TeamCAN
Coached byJae Park (dad)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Manchester57 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2022 Paris57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Rome57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Manchester57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Rome 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Rome 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Riyadh (F) 57 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Spokane57 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Cancun57 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Punta Cana57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Queretaro57 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Burnaby59 kg
Updated on 12 December 2022.

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".[8]

She competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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. Berkeley, Geoff (3 July 2021). "Canada sending two taekwondo players to Tokyo 2020 Olympics as Yong receives reallocated place". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. Gheciu, Alex (2021-06-23). "Meet Skylar Park, Canada's Badass Olympic Taekwondo Star". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  8. Dept, WT Communications (2016-11-21). "Stars of Tomorrow: Canada's Skylar Park - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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