Lauren Burns

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lauren Burns
Occupation	Taekwondo Athlete
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1974(1974-06-08)
Age	50
Birthplace	Melbourne
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Gemini

Lauren Burns Biography

Lauren Burns is one of the most popular and richest Taekwondo Athlete who was born on June 8, 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Burns was born on June 8, 1974, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia She is the daughter of musician Ronnie Burns and dancer Maggie Burns (nee Stewart). As a young girl Burns was not involved very much in sports. The younger sibling, Michael (then age 7) began to take an interest by martial art after watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and began learning Taekwondo. Soon after their father also started practicing taekwondo her brother and father helped her (then at the age of 14) to start training in the same way.

Burns did naturopathy research and naturopathy, but she canceled studying for an entire full year to concentrate on her Olympic race in 2000. working under Australian national Taekwondo coach Jin Tae Jong. She trained for 5-7 hours every day to prepare to compete in the Olympic competition. Burns was listed as 165 centimeters (5’5″) tall, and 49 kg (108 lbs.) for weight. She has since stated that she weighs 49 kg (108 lbs.) however she has recently stated that she weighs 54 kg (119 lbs.) would be her normal weight. On August 23, 2000 just one month away from the Sydney Olympics she was presented with an Australian Sports Medal. Burns was awarded a gold medal in Taekwondo in the 2000 Summer Olympics at the event marked by controversial time-of-day judging. She beat Taiwanese opponent Chi Shu-Ju during the quarter-finals and claimed that the loud cheers of the local parochial crowd had affected the judges. She then she won in the Olympic finale against Cuban rival Urbia Melendez.

Her Olympic gold medal was stolen in 2003, but it was recovered within a few days. That same year, she published her autobiography, Fighting Spirit: From a charmed childhood to the Olympics and beyond.

Burns is linked with the Victorian Institute of Sport and the South Australian Sports Institute. Apart from her taekwondo career, Burns also works as a motivational speaker and promotes the “Zip Bag,” which she designed. She also supports the Red Dust Role Models community project and is an ambassador for charitable organisation World Vision. Burns resides in Melbourne with her husband, Nathan Muller, and their children, Mac Banjo (born in early 2009) and Piper (born in 2010).

A long and successful career in tournaments was highlighted by the participation in 12 Australian female national women’s taekwondo championships. She also won the bronze medal won in the World Cup in 1996, an award of bronze in the weight-under 51 kilogram classification at the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong and gold during the US Open taekwondo competition in 1999. Her debut performance at World Championships was at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York and she was able to share fiveth in the Bantamweight division of the 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines. She also has won medals at other competitions outside of Australia.

Lauren Burns Net Worth

Lauren Burns is one of the richest Taekwondo Athlete from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lauren Burns 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lauren Chantel Burns, OAM (born on June 8, 1974) is an Australian Taekwondo expert as well as an Olympic champion. She was the first Australian to win an Olympic silver medal for taekwondo during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she competed as a female in the ladies under 49kg class. Burns is a 3rd black belt in Taekwondo. After her taekwondo competitive career She has also participated in a wide range of events, including public speaking and community service.

Burns began her taekwondo classes at Hall’s Taekwondo which was founded and is supervised by trainers Martin as well as Jeanette Hall. She started participating in taekwondo competitions in the year 1990 and was under Joon No’s instruction at that time as well as her trainer was Donna Scherp.

On 26 January 2001 (Australia Day), Burns was honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia. In 2017, Burns was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

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Who is Lauren Burns Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Lauren Ranked on the list of most popular Taekwondo Athlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Lauren Burns celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

Who is Lauren Burns married to?

Burns resides in Melbourne with her husband, Nathan Muller , and their children, Mac Banjo (born in early 2009) and Piper (born in 2010).

Can Lauren Burns sing?

She also performs regularly in lute-song recitals with Melbourne based lutenist, Casey Fitzpatrick , and serves as an active committee member for the Early Music Society of Victoria. In 2021 Lauren completed a Master of Music (Opera Performance) at The University of Melbourne.

Who won Taekwondo Olympics 2000?

Men’s 58 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Competitors| 14 from 14 nations
Medalists

When did Lauren Burns start Taekwondo?

Just ask Lauren Burns. From that unusual inspiration, Lauren started taekwondo at age 14. Six years later, when the sport was announced to debut at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, she defined the Olympic medal as her goal.

What year did taekwondo exposed in the Summer Olympics?

Taekwondo. Taekwondo made it’s first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison.