Dominique Bosshart (born October 7, 1977) is a

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taekwondo athlete. She was Canada's only taekwondo competitor during the

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in Sydney, where she won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division ( + 67 kg). She competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens but did not medal. Bosshart began studying taekwondo at age 13, at the urging of her brother. At age 15, she moved from living with her parents in

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to living on her own in

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in order to train with Master Joo Kang at Kang's Taekwondo Academy.

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External links

Athlete bio on CBC.ca
1977 births Living people People from Morges Swiss emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Swiss descent Canadian female taekwondo practitioners Naturalized citizens of Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Canada Sportspeople from Winnipeg Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 1995 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 1999 Pan American Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Canada-taekwondo-bio-stub