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taekwondo

2024 Olympics

'You build your whole life for this event and then it's like, 'What now?' - Life after the Olympics

Two-time Olympian Jack Woolley found the first week after the Paris Games to be a challenging period.

22 Aug 2024

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2024 Paris

The hope sustains and hurts in Paris as Jack Woolley impresses during second chance

Much like Clare after a Munster championship, or Emmanuel Macron in a French election, Woolley was reignited for the knock-out bouts.

Sinead O'Carroll

Reports from Paris

Updated 8 Aug 2024

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Frustration

Jack Woolley suffers defeat after second shot in Paris

Updated 7 Aug 2024

5.7k

Wrap

Clancy one win away from medal and Olympics as Ireland Sevens also closing in on Paris

25 Jun 2023

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settling for silver

Jack Woolley seals Ireland's first medal of European Games

Updated 23 Jun 2023

3.8k

Jack Woolley

'There was a waiting list to join my Taekwondo club' - Olympian continues to make impact

18 Jun 2023

2.3k

issue

'I’ve gotten over it, but I used to have a really bad relationship with food'

2 Jan 2022

48.1k

Golden Boy

Jack Woolley wins gold at Albanian Open after recovering from recent assault

Updated 4 Oct 2021

20.4k

A cruel game

Heartbreak for Jack Woolley as last-gasp kick ends gold medal hopes

24 Jul 2021

12.9k

Defeat

Irish taekwondo star loses European Championships quarter-final

8 Apr 2021

3.8k

Golden Boy

Three illegal groin kicks not enough to stop Woolley winning US Open Taekwondo

28 Feb 2020

6.5k

Jack's The Lad

Christmas comes early as Jack Woolley qualifies for 2020 Olympics in taekwondo

21 Dec 2019

14.7k

family comes first

'I could win 101 gold medals, but I've only one mam and she is my priority'

13 May 2018

33.9k

dreams

'When I started I wanted to be a Power Ranger, now I'm world champion'

24 Dec 2017

6.5k

success

"People kept asking: 'Are you going to get a job?' My main focus was the World Championships"

21 Oct 2017

7.0k

Interview

The DCU students aiming to become world champions on home soil

8 Oct 2017

17.0k

Change up

WTF?! Taekwondo governing body rebrands over 'negative connotations' of acronym

24 Jun 2017

6.5k

teenage dreams

The Trinity student who’s a world champion in taekwondo

17 Apr 2017

10.4k

karate chop

This little boy trying to break a board in Taekwondo is the internet's new hero

11 Aug 2015

4.0k

twinkwondo

WATCH: Tiny girls partake in the world's cutest Taekwondo fight

15 Oct 2013

2.1k

Olympics

In pictures: London 2012, Day 14

10 Aug 2012

3.1k

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