Vaughn Scott

Vaughn Scott
Personal information
Born (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTaekwondo
EventMen's -80 kg
Coached byJin Kuen Oh
Medal record
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Port Moresby -80 kg

Vaughn Scott (born 11 January 1990, Cape Town) is a male Taekwondo fighter who represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's 80kg weight class.[1][2] He lost his first round fight to Argentine Sebastián Crismanich by a score of 9–5.[3] Because Crismanich went on to win the gold medal, Scott was included in the repechage and lost his fight to Afghan Nesar Ahmad Bahave by a score of 11–6, and was eliminated from the Olympic tournament.[4]

In competition to qualify for the 2016 Olympics, Scott lost to Hayder Shkara, the same fighter he defeated to qualify for the 2012 games.[5]

References

  1. ^ Athlete profile Archived 29 January 2013 at archive.today from London 2012
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vaughn Scott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ Smith, Tony (11 August 2012). "Vaughn Scott loses first round taekwondo fight". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ^ Fairfax NZ News (11 August 2012). "Vaughn Scott loses taekwondo repechage". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Rio to be a family affair for Taekwondo athletes | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2016.


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