South Dublin Taekwondo’s Jack Woolley has been declared The Echo Sports Star of the Month for November following his superb silver medal win at the French Open in Paris and gold at the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open in Sarajevo
November Sports Star of the Month: Jack Woolley
NOVEMBER proved another remarkable month for South Dublin Taekwondo’s Jack Woolley.
The Tallaght man secured his 50th medal at a senior World Taekwondo recognised event when he took silver at the French Open in Paris before following that up with gold in the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open in Sarajevo less than a week later.
In the former, Woolley ignited his march to the podium with a 33-13 victory over Brazil’s Matheus Bartholdo before seeing off World bronze medallist, Paulo Melo 11-10 in a nail-biting quarter final.
World silver medallist Brandon Plaza was the next to fall to Woolley as he set up a title match against Adrian Vicente Yunta that ended in an 18-11 victory for the Spaniard.
In Sarajevo, Woolley kick-started his pursuit of the -58kg Flyweight title with a 43-0 demolition of home athlete Eman Saric.
A quarter final against Russia’s Sergei Maltcev saw the Dubliner win 36-25 before he then surmounted the challenge of Hungary’s Sharif Gergely Salim for a place in the final against Jordan’s Mahmoud Altaryreh, that ended 6-5 in Woolley’s favour
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