Hana Sawal wins bronze

Wagga's Hana Sawal wins bronze medal at Australian Karate Federation National Championships

WAGGA junior karate competitor Hana Sawal has won a bronze medal at the Australian Karate Federation National Championships in Melbourne.

Sawal, 13, claimed bronze in the female children kara event.

The Kildare Catholic College student bowed out in the semi-finals, but maintained her composure to refocus her attention to the repechage round, where she won bronze.

Wagga’s Shinwa-Kai Karate Club coach Sensei Sawal said Alicia Quirk proved Hana’s inspiration. 

“Hana is inspired by the Olympic gold medallist Alicia Quirk, who is a former student of Kildare and Henschke,” Sawal said.

“With karate making its debut at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Hana will be training ever more diligently and hoping that one day she would represent Australia in the Olympic Games.”

The kata competition is a non-contact category where competitors show judges various combination of traditional karate moves.

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