Competitive Taekwondo Career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Australia | ||
| Men's taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | +80 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1999 Edmonton | Heavyweight |
| World Cup | ||
| Silver | 2002 Tokyo | Heavyweight |
| Bronze | 1997 Cairo | Heavyweight |
| Asian Championships | ||
| Silver | 2002 Amman | Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1996 Melbourne | Heavyweight |
Trenton began his international competitive career in the heavyweight division, participating in two tournaments before winning his first medal: a silver medal at the 1996 Asian Championships in Melbourne. He won bronze medals at the 1997 World Cup in Cairo and the 1999 World Championships in Edmonton. Around this period, he was working as a taekwondo instructor, and was studying recreation management at the Victoria University of Technology.
Leading up to the 2000 Summer Olympics, Trenton held 10 Australian taekwondo championship titles. He made it to the final match of his division, but lost 6-2 to Kim Kyong-Hun from South Korea. After winning the silver medal, he tried starting a legal career with tertiary studies at Monash University, but soon returned to taekwondo competition as his main occupation. He also coached the Monash University taekwondo team while in his third year of studies at the institution. In 2001, he was a quarter-finalist at the World Championships, and in 2002 he placed second at the Asian Championships in Amman and the World Cup in Tokyo. He was listed at 180 cm (5' 11") in height and 86 kg (190 lb.) in weight.
Trenton dropped a weight division for his next Olympic Games campaign, entering the weltweight (–80 kg) division. 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 medallist Yousef Karami from Iran. By the end of his competitive career, Trenton held 16 Australian taekwondo championship titles, and had three major operations (two shoulder reconstructions and one ankle reconstruction).
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