A former Sandown High School student has become a world champion after winning her event at the 2016 TAGB World Championships over the weekend of 16th-17th July, which took place in Birmingham.
Lauren Macaulay won gold in the ladies light heavy red belt continuous sparring to take the title, and also gained a silver medal in the tag team event.
In sparring the aim is to kick the head for 3 points, kick the mid section for 2 and punch the mid section or head for a single point.
To become world champion, Macaulay won her semi-final and final, where each fight was 2 rounds of 2 minutes.
After her solo win, the 28-year-old formed part of the 3-person tag team which narrowly missed out on gold to a team made up of fighters from Argentina and Scotland.
Macaulay is currently the British champion after victory in 2015 and won 3 silver medals in point stop sparring, continuous sparring and patterns at the ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) world championships in Italy last year.
She is now working towards black belt grading in 2017 as she continues to train in Bristol with Russ Martin.
