The Athlete Categorisation for Taekwondo for 2023 has been completed in line with the Athlete Categorisation Guidelines published on the Australian Taekwondo and CombatAUS websites.
The sport-industry wide National Categorisation Framework consists of five levels across the Podium Pathway: Podium, Podium Ready, Podium Potential, Developing and Emerging. The Athlete Categorisation Guidelines for Taekwondo aligns, as is required, with these five Podium Pathway categories. It also includes a sport-specific (non-industry) Associate category to reflect athletes not yet categorised across the Podium Pathway but has competed at the most recent Benchmark Event for Australia.
Athlete Categorisation will be conducted annually in the final quarter of each calendar year, to take effect from January the following year. A mid-year categorisation consideration may occur in 2023 to reflect specific performances at events such as the 2023 World Championships, or to review the performance outcomes of specific athletes highlighted by the National Categorisation Panel. These will be specific circumstances that will be committed and communicated to affected individuals.
The following Athlete Categorisations have been approved by the Australian Institute of Sport and, unless otherwise communicated to specific athletes, will apply from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.
Bailey Lewis – Podium Potential
Tamzin Christoffel – Developing
Stacey Hymer – Developing
Juliet Lahood – Developing
Leon Sejranovic – Developing
Tyrone Staben – Developing
Reba Stewart – Developing
Matthew Summerfield – Developing
Liam Sweeney – Developing
Saffron Tambyrajah – Developing
Jake Buhagiar – Emerging
Ben Camua – Emerging
Seth Healy – Emerging
Guiliana Masiello – Emerging
Luke McMahon – Emerging
Damon Motta – Emerging
Bianca Motta – Emerging
Rebecca Murray – Emerging
Xavier Nikolovski – Emerging
Sofia Querubin – Emerging
Emily Stellino – Emerging
Tiarnagh Sweeney – Emerging
Anastasia Typou – Emerging
Tom Afonczenko – Associate
Anastasia Galazoula – Associate
Katja Medd – Associate
Arash Mozhdeh – Associate
Fred Pace – Associate
Kyle Nolan – Associate
Sofia Typou – Associate
Yosafe Zakoulouta – Associate
