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MANITOBA'S DOMINIQUE BOSSHART CANADA HOPES FOR THE
2000 OLYMPIC GAMES

 

    Born in Morges, Switzerland on 1978 and immigrate to Canada (Landmark, Manitoba) in 1981, when she was 3 years old. Her first school of Taekwondo was located in Lorette a branch of Winnipeg Kang's Taekwondo Academy. Her first coach was Grandmaster Joo Won Kang founder of the school. His brother push her into Taekwondo when she was only 12 years old. Since that time she got in love with Taekwondo and decided that it  would be the sport for her.
    Her accomplishment during his Taekwondo Careers has been spectacular. Some of her accomplishment are listed below :

  1. Seven National Titles. She has not lost a National Championships since   she first entered in 1993, when she was only 15 years old.

  2. Three International bronze medals (Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995, Cuba in 1996, Peru in 1998).

  3. Finished in the Top eight at the : 4th Women's World Taekwondo Championships organized in New York, USA in 1993. 5th  Women's World Taekwondo Championships organized in Manila, Philippines in 1995. 6th Women's World Taekwondo Championships organized in Hong Kong in 1997.

  4. Gold medal at the 1999 Olympic Carding event organized in Toronto on April, 1999.

  5. Silver medal at the 7th Women's World Taekwondo Championships organized in Edmonton, Canada on June, 1999.

  6. Bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on August, 1999.

  7. Gold medal at the Pan-Am Games 2000 held in Aruba.
  8. Bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, on September, 2000.

 

    Dominique Bosshart competes in the Heavyweight category. She is a very aggressive and relatively fast fighter who likes the excitement of competing. According to her she is more successful attacking rather than counter-attacking.
    Dominique Bosshart is a nationally carded B Athlete. Her next challenge will be the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, on September, 2000. Canada has a spot for two men and two women to compete in the selection meets in Croatia and Miami, however only Dominique Bosshart, classified for the Olympic. She has taken a year off of studies at the University of Winnipeg in Order to prepare herself for this lifetime opportunity, To represent Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games. To get ready for Sydney, Grand Master Kang made arrangements for Dominique Bosshart, so she can train in Korea in a small town called "Kwang Ju", just south of Seoul. She spent two-month training in Korea, for eight hours a day, six days a week with a physical and technical trainer.   
    Dominique Bosshart believes that with all of her hard work done during the last eight years, especially in the two last months spent in Korea, before Sydney, there is a great chance for her to come home with a medal. "It takes a lot of metal toughness to go through that and complete the whole training," she says. "I worked so hard and went through so much that there's no way that I'm going to let anyone beat me."
    I wish her all the best and thank her for been such a good example of dedication and perseverance to the youth Martial Artist. I also thank her for representing our city so well and taking it to International Levels.

   

WINNIPEG IS GOING TO THE 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO DOMINIQUE BOSSHART SHE IS THE ONLY  CANADIAN WHO QUALIFY FOR THE 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES. SHE WON A GOLD MEDAL ON THE PAN AMERICAN TAEKWONDO REGIONAL ON OCTOBER 1-2,1999


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