Hayder Shkara
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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Auburn, Sydney | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Homebush Boys High School, (UTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Principal Solicitor at Justice Family Lawyers | ||||||||||||||
| Employer | Justice Family Lawyers | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Australian National Team | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ali Khalil | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 10th | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 24 August 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Hayder Shkara is an Australian taekwondo athlete.
At the 2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament he defeated 2012 Olympian Vaughn Scott, the athlete against whom he lost against in qualification for the 2012 Olympics.[1] This qualified him for the 2016 Olympics that will be his Olympic debut.[2]
At the 2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, Shkara took on Lutalo Muhammad of Great Britain in the first round going down 14-0 to the eventual silver medallist. Shkara got another chance in the repechage where he took on dual Olympic Champion Steven Lopez of the USA. After the three rounds went scoreless the match entered golden score. Neither fighter was still able to score a point as Lopez secured the win by having more non-scoring hits than Shkara. [3]
Shkara has finished his degree in law and now runs Justice Family Lawyers and specialises in family law matters. [4]
References
- ^ "Rio to be a family affair for Taekwondo athletes | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Road to Rio: Taekwondo duo aspire to be multiculturalism role models | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ AOC. "Hayder Shkara". Olympics.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Debra Jopson. "Peace promoters hope to nip violent ideologies in the bud". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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