Lauren Burns

Lauren Chantel Burns, OAM is an Australian taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's under 49 kg class. Burns holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in taekwondo. Following her competitive taekwondo career, she has been involved in a range of activities, including motivational speaking and community work. ^{Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner}

8 June 1974

Born on the same birth day (8 June): Billie Dawe • Byron White • Colin Baker • Ernst Marcus (zoologist) • Javier Mascherano • John Q. A. Brackett • Kenneth Waltz • Nada Inada • Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician) • Sara Paretsky • Smith Wigglesworth • Steven Fromholz

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