Caroline Marton (born 14 April 1984) is an Australian

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

athlete from

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia. In attempting to qualify for the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

she was disqualified in the final match with seconds remaining. She won the

2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games took place in 27 February 2016 at the Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, ...

as the only competitor in her weight class and therefore is qualified to compete at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. She is the sister of world taekwondo champion

Carmen Marton Carmen Marton (born 30 June 1986) is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. She is Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion. Marton is of Polish Australian descent, since her parents were born in Poland and came to Australia as refugees. ...

. She and her sister are training partners.

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1984 births Living people Martial artists from Melbourne Australian people of Polish descent Australian female taekwondo practitioners Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{taekwondo-bio-stub