Jasmin Strachan
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1978 Tondo, Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | UST Growling Tigresses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jasmin Strachan–Simpao (born 20 August 1978) is a Filipino taekwondo practitioner, born in Tondo, Manila. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] She won a bronze medal in welterweight at the 1998 Asian Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medal in featherweight at the 2000 Asian Taekwondo Championships.
In 1995, Strachan took her first taekwondo lesson. After a semester, she got a college scholarship and became a part of UST's taekwondo team. Two years later, she earned her black belt in taekwondo.[2]
Career
In 1998, Strachan became a part of the Philippine national team. That year, she won a bronze medal in welterweight at the 1998 Asian Taekwondo Championships.[2] She was then able to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics by winning silver at the Asian & Oceania Qualification Tournament held in Manila.[3] She, Roberto Cruz, Donald Geisler, and Eva Marie Ditan were the first four Filipino taekwondo jins to compete in the Olympics as taekwondo had just become an official sport.[2][4]
Before competing in the 2000 Olympics, Strachan won a bronze medal in featherweight at the 2000 Asian Taekwondo Championships.[2] At the Olympics, she got a bye in the first round. However, she then lost to Hieu Ngan Tran of Vietnam in the quarterfinals.[5]
The following year, Strachan took home the bronze medal in the bantamweight at the 2001 SEA Games.[6]
