Lauren Burns
| Lauren Burns | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 June 1974 Melbourne, Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Style | Taekwondo |
| Teacher(s) | Martin and Jeanette Hall, Joon No, Jin Tae Jeong |
| Rank | 3rd dan taekwondo (WTF) |
| Spouse | Nathan Muller |
| Children | Mac Banjo Muller and Piper Muller |
| Website | http://www.laurenburns.com.au/ |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Women’s taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | 49 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Hong Kong | Bantamweight |
Lauren Chantel Burns, OAM (born 8 June 1974) is an Australian taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's under 49 kg class. Burns holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in taekwondo. Following her competitive taekwondo career, she has been involved in a range of activities, including motivational speaking and community work.
Burns was born on 8 June 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of singer Ronnie Burns and dancer Maggie Burns (née Stewart). As a child, she did not participate much in sports. Her younger brother, Michael (then aged 7), became interested in martial arts after watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and started learning taekwondo. Shortly thereafter, their father also began training in taekwondo; together, her father and brother encouraged her (then aged 14) to begin training as well.
Burns began her taekwondo training in Hall's Taekwondo, which was founded and is directed by instructors Martin and Jeanette Hall. She began competing in taekwondo in 1990; she was training under Joon No's direction at the time, and her training partner was Donna Scherp.
A successful tournament career included 12 Australian women's national taekwondo championships, a bronze medal at the World Cup in 1996, a bronze medal in the under 51 kg class at the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, and a gold medal at the US Open taekwondo competition in 1999. Her first appearance at the World Championships was at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York, and she shared fifth place in the bantamweight division at the 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines. She has also won medals at many other competitions outside Australia.
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