The 25-year-old from Winnipeg defeated Lebanon's Laetitia Aoun 2-0 in the women's 57-kilogram division.
Canada's Skylar Park smiles after defeating Dominika Hronova in the women's 57kg category at the Summer Olympics , Thursday, August 8, 2024 in Paris. Canada's Skylar Park has won an Olympic bronze medal in taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris.The 25-year-old from Winnipeg defeated Lebanon’s Laetitia Aoun 2-0 in the women’s 57-kilogram division.
Park credited her father, Jae, along with her brothers and sparring partners, Tae-Ku and Braven, for helping her reach the podium. “They’ve been everything. I think from the time that we’ve started this journey, and especially qualifying for the Games, it was never that I qualified. It was that we qualified as a family. And so we’re still sticking to that,” she said. “And today, we won a bronze medal as a family, and I’m grateful for them.”
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