Or Team TAYA Cadet and Junior Athletes and Coach Ms Abby have returned from Sofia, Bulgaria gaining a wealth of experience and realisation of their life long dreams to compete and represent Australia at the Cadet and Junior World Championships. 

We are very proud of their performances and admire all their hard work and dedication to reach this achievement, know what is required to be an Australian National Team member and what it takes to reach podium results by watching the world's best cadets and juniors battle it out on the courts.

Cadet World Championships, 28-31 July 2022

Atharva Pansare M-53 kg division:

Atharva won vs Canada in Round 64 in first two matches in a very fast and dominant game with point gap wins of 13-0 in R1 and 14-0 in R2.

Atharva won vs Serbia in Round 32 in first two matches with scores of point gap 12-0 in R1 and 9-4 in R2.

Atharva reached Round of 16 and gallantly fought strong opponent from Thailand but lost in two rounds in score of 3-12 in R1 and 3-13 in R2.

Diego Querubin M-33 kg division:

Diego fought Azerbaijan in Round 32 but lost to the eventual Gold Medalist and World Champion in two rounds, 1-14 in R1 and 0-12 in R2 but never gave up.

Chelsea Gomez F-41 kg division:

Chelsea fought Romania in Round 32 in 3 rounds, lost 1-7 in R1, won 6-4 in R2 but lost 1-3 in R3 in a closely contested match.  

Junior World Championships, 1-7 August 2022

Sofia Querubin F-49kg division:

Sofia won vs Palestine in Round 32 in two rounds with scores of 10-4 in R1 and 14-7 in R2.

Sofia won vs Great Britain in Round 16 in three closely contested rounds 4-4 went to GBR in R1, won 5-3 in R2 and 8-6 in R3 to win the match.

Sofia reached the Quarter Finals and fought valliantly against a very superior opponent and lost to the eventual Gold Medalist and World Champion from Iran in two rounds 1-15 in R1 and 1-13 in R2 who also took the Gold Medal at the recent Asian Championships in the Seniors -49kg division.

Sofia earned top 5 spot in the World with the QF result.

This life-changing experience have surely given them an impetus to continue learning, train hard, develop into a world class taekwondo athlete and hopefully have a chance to make it to the Australian National Team again at the next opportunity. 

Congratulations also and thank you to our Coach Ms Abby for all the hard work, dedication, perseverance and passion in preparing our athletes to reach this level and for your brilliant coaching. It was a delight to see you coaching the Australian National Team athletes at both the Cadet and Junior World Championships.  It is a fulfillment of your goal to again be part of the Australian National Team at a World Championships previously as a Junior Athlete in 2014 when you competed in the F-46 kg division and now as a Coach for both teams in 2022.

Thank you to Ms Natalia and Sir Ed for all the years of guidance and mentoring from grassroots to developing elite athletes.

Thank you to the parents and families for your unwavering support and encouragement and to Team TAYA for your loud cheers from home.