{{short description|British parataekwondo practitioner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Beth Munro | birth_name = | full_name = | nationality = British | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 June 1993}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = Para Taekwondo | disability = | disability_class = T44 | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's Para Taekwondo}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition| Summer Paralympics }} {{Medal|Silver| 2020 Tokyo | 58 kg }} {{MedalCompetition|European Para Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 Rotterdam|65kg K44}} }}
'''Beth Munro''' (born 23 June 1993) is a British parataekwondo practitioner from Liverpool. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the –58 kg K44 category.<ref name="Beth Munro">{{cite web |title=Beth Munro |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1552865-munro-beth.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902074137/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1552865-munro-beth.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Taekwondo – Women K44 -58kg">{{cite web |title=Taekwondo – Women K44 -58kg – Entry List by Event |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TKW/PG2020-_TKW_C32C_TKWW58KG----44020-----------------.pdf |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |date=31 August 2021 |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831201133/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TKW/PG2020-_TKW_C32C_TKWW58KG----44020-----------------.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> She won a silver medal and it was the UK's first Taekwondo medal.<ref name=first/>
==Life== Munro comes from Litherland, a town in the north west of England. She received secondary education at Litherland High School. When she was born in 1993 she had a weakness in one arm. She had an ambition to get to the Paralympics and she was initially interested in Netball. She intended to switch to the javelin, but she was recruited two years before the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics by Anthony Hughes of Disability Sport Wales to take up Taekwondo.<ref name=lither>{{Cite web |last=Harle |first=Tom |date=4 September 2021 |title=Munro scoops Paralympics silver after just one year doing Taekwondo |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/litherlands-beth-munro-reflects-meteoric-21480935 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> The martial art which would make its debut as a Paralympic sport in the "2020" games in Tokyo.
She was classified to compete in the –58 kg K44 category.<ref name="Beth Munro"/><ref name="Taekwondo – Women K44 -58kg"/>
Munro's first match was a 21–8 win over Palesha Goverdhan of Nepal which she won 21–8. In the second round she had a more difficult match against Gamze Gürdal of Turkey, but she won 34–22.<ref name=lither/>
She won a silver medal after being defeated by Lisa Gjessing of Denmark. It was the UK's first Taekwondo medal.<ref name=first>{{Cite web |title=Beth Munro ‘on cloud nine’ after winning GB’s first Paralympic taekwondo medal |url=https://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/sport/national/19556799.beth-munro-on-cloud-nine-winning-gbs-first-paralympic-taekwondo-medal/ |website=Ludlow Advertiser |date=3 September 2021 |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IPC|beth-munro}} * {{BPA|beth-munro}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Beth}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:British female taekwondo practitioners Category:Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Great Britain Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Category:Paralympic medalists in taekwondo Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the European Para Championships Category:Sportspeople from Liverpool Category:21st-century British sportswomen Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Paralympics