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Tae kwon do practitioner Robin Cheong, 2008 Olympics

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Tae kwon do practitioner Robin Cheong, 2008 Olympics

Auckland tae kwon do practitioner Robin Cheong (right) delivers a high kick to Miriam Bah of the Ivory Coast during the women's under-57-kilogram quarter-final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Cheong ranked seventh overall in the competition and 11th at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Bronwyn Dalley, Martial arts – Martial arts from the 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39046/tae-kwon-do-practitioner-robin-cheong-2008-olympics (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bronwyn Dalley, published 3 December 2012, updated 27 January 2015.