Logan Campbell (taekwondo)

Kismet Logan Tane Campbell ( born June 7, 1986 in Auckland City ) is a New Zealand Taekwondo. It starts in the weight category up to 68 kilograms.

Campbell trained under coach Jin Keun -oh at the power center in Browns Bay. His first international title fights he competed in the Junior World Championship in 2002 in Heraklion and in the adult range at the 2003 World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, but he left after the opening of each fight. Different even for the next World Championships Campbell from an early stage. He qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, but suffered an opening defeat again. When oceanic Olympic qualifying tournament in mid-2011 in Noumea Campbell qualified for his second Olympic Games 2012 in London. In the crucial final duel he won without a fight after his opponent through injury could not compete.

In 2009, it was announced that Campbell had opened a brothel in his hometown, which led to controversial discussions. The New Zealand Olympic Committee made ​​further launches in the Olympics because of the lack of role models in question. Campbell, however, justified the move with a lack of financial promotion of Taekwondo in New Zealand, only through the support of his parents, he was by then participate in competitions overseas. After the end of the business carried on in the area ultimately a nomination for the Olympics was nothing in the way.