Daniel Trenton

Daniel Trenton (born March 1, 1977) is an Australian lawyer and taekwondo coach who represented his country in the sport at international level.Taekwondo Queensland: Daniel Trenton
(October 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
(2000). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He won a silver medal in the heavyweight (+80 kg) division of men's taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Database Olympics: 2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo"
(2000). Retrieved on 6 April 2008.Australian Sports Commission: Australian medallists – Australia at the Olympic Games
(''c.'' 2008). Retrieved on 22 April 2010. Trenton was Head Coach of Australia's Olympic taekwondo team in 2008.

Early life

Trenton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Greg and Gina Trenton. He grew up in a housing commission in the suburb of Fitzroy North.Munro, C. (2004)
The tough love that made a champ fighting fit
''Sydney Morning Herald'' (7 August 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He began training in taekwondo when his parents bought him a lesson in the martial art for his 11th birthday. He trained in taekwondo in the Victorian Taekwondo Academy. In 1995, he won a scholarship to the Victorian Institute of Sport, which was to become his main training institution. Joon No was one of his taekwondo coaches.Brown, R. (2007): "No limits: Grandmaster Joon No." ''Australasian Taekwondo'', 16(4):26–31.

Competitive taekwondo career

Trenton began his international competitive career in the heavyweight division, participating in two tournaments before winning his first medal: a silver medal at the 1996 Asian Championships in Melbourne.Taekwondo Data: Daniel Trenton
(''c.'' 2005). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He won bronze medals at the 1997 World Cup in Cairo and the 1999 World Championships in Edmonton.World Taekwondo Federation: 1997 World Cup Taekwondo
(1997). Retrieved on 22 April 2010. Around this period, he was working as a taekwondo instructor, and was studying recreation management at the Victoria University of Technology.

Leading up to the 2000 Summer Olympics, Trenton held over 10 Australian taekwondo championship titles.ABC Sydney Olympic Games: Another chance for Aussie gold in taekwondo
(1 October 2000). Retrieved on 22 April 2010. He made it to the final match of his division but lost 6–2 to Kim Kyong-Hun from South Korea.Beijing2008: Kyong-Hun Kim – First heavyweight taekwondo champion
(25 April 2006). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. After winning the silver medal, he accepted an academic scholarship offered by Monash University and finalized his law study to be admitted as a lawyer. Monash University,Student fights to combine law and Olympics
''Monash University Law Matters'' (November 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He also coached the Monash University taekwondo team while in his third year of studies at the institution.
(2004). Retrieved on 22 April 2010. In 2001, he was a quarter-finalist at the World Championships, and in 2002 he placed second at the Asian Championships in Amman and the World Cup in Tokyo.World Taekwondo Federation: 2002 World Cup Taekwondo
(2002). Retrieved on 22 April 2010.
(27 May 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. He was listed at 180 cm (5' 11") in height and 86 kg (190 lb.) in weight.

Trenton dropped a weight division for his next Olympic Games campaign, entering the welterweight (–80 kg) division.
(28 August 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.Martin, H. J. (2004)

''Sydney Morning Herald'' (29 August 2004). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Trenton competed but did not make it through the final rounds; he was defeated in a quarter-final match by eventual bronze medalist Yousef Karami from Iran.Australian Olympic Committee: Daniel Trenton
(''c.'' 2005). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. By the end of his competitive career, Trenton held 16 Australian taekwondo championship titles, and had ten major operations during his most competitive years as an elite athlete. (three shoulder reconstructions and two ankle reconstructions and several others).

Post-competition career

Trenton was appointed Head Coach for Taekwondo Australia in November 2005. In 2006/07, he served on the Board of Management for Taekwondo Australia.Sports Taekwondo Australia: Board and senior management profiles
(''c.'' 2009). Retrieved on 21 April 2010. In 2007, he was Head Coach of taekwondo for the Australian Institute of Sport, and the following year, he was Head Coach for the Australian Olympic taekwondo team in 2008.Sports Taekwondo Australia: News
(2008). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
''The Age'' (23 May 2008). Retrieved on 21 April 2010.

Trenton now contributes to the Global sport of Taekwondo as Director of Sports for Sports Taekwondo Australia and is Director of Be Taekwondo, a martial arts and fitness center located in Brunswick East http://www.betaekwondo.com.au. Here Daniel contributes to his local community by conducting Taekwondo and fitness training for residents located in the areas in which he was raised. He holds the rank of 6th Dan.

Trenton is a global patron for the sport of Taekwondo having been appointed by the President of the International Olympic Committee as an athlete Athlete Role Model for the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 http://www.olympic.org/content/press-release/press-release-ioc-announces-line-up-of-sport-stars-supporting-the-first-youth-olympic-games/ and by the Asia Olympic Council as Head of Youth Olympic Camp 2013

Trenton has also been appointed to the World Taekwondo Federation as Chair of Education & Development http://www.sta.asn.au/?Page=1219 and Chair Person of the Juridical Committee for the World Organization.

Trenton is a partner in the law firm Jaszac Trenton Lawyers.

Trenton is also founder and managing director of Lifecycle Technologies, a biotechnology company that develops immune therapy technology to treat disease, enhance recovery and avoid injury.

See also

* Sparring
* World Taekwondo Federation

References

External links

Australian Olympic Committee: Daniel Trenton
contains a photograph of Trenton (''c.'' 2000).
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1977 births
Living people
Australian male taekwondo practitioners
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia
Sportspeople from Melbourne
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Victoria University, Melbourne alumni
Victorian Institute of Sport alumni
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)