Stacey Hymer

Stacey Hymer (born 2 July 1999) is a Taekwondo athlete from Australia.

Career

Hymer was a fourth year Bachelor of Science student at RMIT University, when she was to compete in the 57 kg class Taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics. She had previously won a gold medal at the 2018 Oceania Championships, and bronze medals at the 2019 French Open, 2019 Korean Open, and 2020 Dutch Open.[1]

She was leading world number 3 Skylar Park 12-6 in the 2020 Olympics first round before being overhauled by her opponent.[2][3]

References
  1. "Meet Stacey Hymer: student, foodie and Olympian". www.rmit.edu.au.
  2. readJuly 25, Christy Doran 3 min; Newsroom, 2021-4:10PMNews Corp Australia Sports (July 25, 2021). "'Olympic nerves' cost Aussie rising star dearly". heraldsun.
  3. "Hymer overhauled in taekwondo battle". PerthNow. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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