Hayder Shkara

Hayder Shkara
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	Auburn, Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
People	Chancellor: Catherine Livingstone; Vice-Chancellor: Attila Brungs;
Buildings	Dr Chau Chak Wing Building; Science Faculty building; UTS Tower;
Academic institutes	Australian Centre for Independent Journalism;
Student life	Sydney Cricket Club; UTS Haberfield Rowing Club; UTS Students' Association; Vertigo;
Occupation	Principal Solicitor at Justice Family Lawyers
Employer	Justice Family Lawyers
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Team	Australian National Team
Coached by	Ali Khalil
Retired	Yes
Achievements and titles
Regional finals	1st
National finals	1st
Olympic finals	7th
Highest world ranking	10th
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Australia
Pacific Games
	Updated on 24 August 2016.

Hayder Shkara is an Australian taekwondo athlete.

At the 2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament he defeated 2012 Olympian Vaughn Scott, the athlete against whom he lost against in qualification for the 2012 Olympics.^[1] This qualified him for the 2016 Olympics that will be his Olympic debut.^[2]

At the 2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, Shkara took on Lutalo Muhammad of Great Britain in the first round going down 14-0 to the eventual silver medallist. Shkara got another chance in the repechage where he took on dual Olympic Champion Steven Lopez of the USA. After the three rounds went scoreless the match entered golden score. Neither fighter was still able to score a point as Lopez secured the win by having more non-scoring hits than Shkara. ^[3]

Shkara has finished his degree in law and now runs Justice Family Lawyers and specialises in family law matters. ^[4]

References

↑ "Rio to be a family affair for Taekwondo athletes | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
↑ "Road to Rio: Taekwondo duo aspire to be multiculturalism role models | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
↑ AOC. "Hayder Shkara". Olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
↑ Debra Jopson. "Peace promoters hope to nip violent ideologies in the bud". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

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[1] "Rio to be a family affair for Taekwondo athletes | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

[2] "Road to Rio: Taekwondo duo aspire to be multiculturalism role models | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

[3] AOC. "Hayder Shkara". Olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2018-10-11.

[4] Debra Jopson. "Peace promoters hope to nip violent ideologies in the bud". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-04.