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Liam Sweeney

 

FAST FACTS

Sport: Taekwondo
Event: Men's 80kg
State: Queensland
Club: One Taekwondo School
Born: 2003

ABOUT LIAM

Liam Sweeney is a Brisbane boy who is a five-time national champion and a Sport Australia Hall of Fame scholarship holder. He was born in Ireland, moved to Queensland as an eight-year-old and has aspirations to represent Australia at the Olympic Games.

At the 2023 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan Liam defeated Cedric Ndzouli (CAN) in the men's -80kg round of 64 and Apostolos Telikostoglou (GRE) in the round of 32 before being eliminated by Faysal Sawadogo (BUR) in the round of 16.

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