Matt Bush, born on 22 December 1988, is a Welsh para taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the +80 kg category and was born without a left hand and forearm. Before taking up the sport he was a javelin thrower, and he withdrew from the 2016 Paralympics through a shoulder injury. He won gold at the 2019 World Championships to become Britain's first world champion in para taekwondo and won a second world gold in September 2023. After an ACL injury forced him out of Tokyo 2020, he defeated Aliaskhab Ramazanov in the K44 +80 kg final to claim gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
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The following month, he was announced as one of three members and the only male of the British para taekwondo team for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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Matt Bush (born 22 December 1988) is a Welsh para taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the +80 kg category.
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He had been set to make his Paralympic debut at the 2016 Summer Paralympics but he withdrew due to a shoulder injury.
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Bush defeated Neutral Paralympic athlete Aliaskhab Ramazanov in the men's K44 +80 kg final to claim gold at the 2024 Paralympics Games in Paris, France.
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The following month, he was announced as one of three members and the only male of the British para taekwondo team for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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