Christian McNeish
DATE OF BIRTH
April 8 1997
WEIGHT
-74kg
CAREER HIGH
Bronze at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and bronze at the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
CAREER RESULTS
2018 European Championships
Gold
2018 President's Cup (Africa)
Gold
2018 Sofia Open
Gold
2018 US Open
Gold
2017 French Open
Gold
2017 Grand Prix (Moscow)
Bronze
2017 Korean Open
Silver
2017 Moldova Open
Gold
2017 Belgian Open
Silver
2017 German Open
Silver
2016 French Open
Silver
2015 World University Games
Bronze
2015 Turkish Open
Gold
2014 Commonwealth Championships
Gold
2014 Youth Olympic Games
Bronze
2014 Greece Open
Silver
2014 Olympic Games Qualification World
Bronze
About Christian
Christian began competing in Taekwondo at the age of 16, after having completed a successful career in kickboxing, where he had previously both WAKO junior European and World Championship titles.
In the hopes of becoming Olympic Champion, Christian went on to earn a bronze medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 before winning impressive golds at not only the Commonwealth Championships but the Turkish Open too.
Proving he is no stranger when it comes to multi-sport environments, McNeish headed to Korea in 2015 to compete at the University Games, where he reached the semi-final stages and added another bronze to his medal tally.
Since then, Christian was selected to represent Great Britain at the World Championships in 2017 and medalled at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Moscow in the very same year.
60 SECOND INTERVIEW
WHEN DID YOU START TAEKWONDO AND WHY:
I started taekwondo in order to compete at the Olympics. I started taekwondo at 16 but started kickboxing when I was 5.
OTHER SPORTS PLAYED:
None
HONOURS:
(Kickboxing) WAKO Junior World Champion, WAKO Junior European Champion.
AMBITION:
To be the best I can be and achieve great things with a goal to go and compete at the Olympics and win a gold medal. Also to be known as a legend.
ROLE MODEL/FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTSMAN OR WOMAN:
Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jnr.
IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU £1 MILLION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT:
I'd put half of it away for my personal use and invest the other half in a business and use the money made to help people who are less fortunate than me.
SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CHRISTIAN MCNEISH:
I enjoy singing and in my opinion I'm pretty good.
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