Vaughn Scott

Vaughn Scott

Personal information
Born	(1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 35)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	Men's -80 kg
Coached by	Jin Kuen Oh
Medal record Pacific Games 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.