Personal information | |
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Full name | Matthew Francis Beach |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | (1977-12-22) 22 December 1977 (age 46) Guildford, Surrey, England[1] |
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Taekwondo |
Event | +80 kg |
Matthew Francis Beach (born 22 December 1977) is a New Zealand taekwondo practitioner of British origin.[2] Beach qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing, after winning the Oceanian Qualification TournamentinNouméa, New Caledonia.[3] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to China's Liu Xiaobo, with a score of 1–4.[4][5] Beach currently resides in Bogota, Colombia, where he is employed by the British Embassy as an immigration officer.[1]
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