- Date of Birth:
- 02 January 1991 (19)
- Sport:
- Taekwondo
- Home Town:
- Dorchester
- Current Address:
- Manchester
- Club:
- Scorpion Taekwondo
Aaron is still technically a junior and is one of the most promising youngsters in the World. He announced himself on the global senior stage in 2007 winning Gold at the German Open at the age of just 16. He has gone on to dominate the junior age groups while continuing to impress at senior level.
At the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, Aaron gained invaluable experience when he participated for Team GB taking the Gold in the 63-73kg weight division.
Having earned the right to fight for qualification by becoming British champion in December 2007, 17 year old Aaron won Bronze at the European Qualification event in Turkey against older and more experienced international competition to continue his meteoric rise by securing a place in the under-80kg taekwondo category at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In Beijing he was the youngest ever Taekwondo player to represent Great Britain at an Olympic Games and fought well to reach the semi-finals. Aaron missed out on Gold by the narrowest of margins 6-5 to Mauro Sarmiento of Italy. He had been locked at 5-5 when both fighters launched a final attack with seconds to the end of their semi-final. Aaron thought he had struck the final blow, but the scoreboard handed the win to the Italian and Aaron was unable to contain his disappointment
Just two hours later he was back fighting in the repechage final against China’s Zhu Guo for Bronze. Three rounds of extraordinary action left both men spent. Aaron kept thinking he had scored, while the Chinese competitor picked up points on the counter-attack to eventually claim victory and the Bronze medal.
At the 2009 World Taekwondo Pro Tour final Aaron claimed an emphatic victory when he defeated the World Champion Steven Lopez with a spectacular KO. Aaron is also the current British Champion having retained his title once again in 2010 and is one of Great Britain’s strongest medal prospects for London 2012.
Achievements:
2010 Gold, BTCB National Championships, Manchester
2009 1st - World Taekwondo Pro Tour
2009 Gold, BTCB National Championships, Manchester
2008 5th –Beijing Olympics
2008 Bronze - European Olympic Qualification, Turkey
2008 Gold - BTCB National Championships Manchester
2008 Gold - Junior World Championships. Turkey
2008 Bronze - Dutch Open Championships, Netherlands
2008 Gold - Belgian Open Championships, Belgium
2007 Bronze - Dutch Open Championships, Netherlands
2007 Gold - German Open Championships, Germany
2007 Bronze - French Open Championships, France
2007 Gold - BTCB National Championships Manchester
2007 Gold - Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Australia
2007 Gold - Junior European Championships, Azerbaijan
2006 Bronze - Junior World Championships, Vietnam
2006 Gold - Commonwealth Championships (Junior), Australia
2005 Gold - Cadet European Championships, Italy
