Daniel Trenton

Daniel Trenton (born March 1, 1977) is an Australian lawyer and taekwondo coach who represented his country in the sport at international level.

[1][2] He won a silver medal in the heavyweight (+80 kg) division of men's taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

[7][8] Around this period, he was working as a taekwondo instructor, and was studying recreation management at the Victoria University of Technology.

[2] Leading up to the 2000 Summer Olympics, Trenton held over 10 Australian taekwondo championship titles.

[3][4][7][10] After winning the silver medal, he accepted an academic scholarship offered by Monash University and finalized his law study to be admitted as a lawyer.

[15][16] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Trenton competed but did not make it through the final rounds; he was defeated in a quarter-final match by eventual bronze medalist Yousef Karami from Iran.