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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 7 May 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | + 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 6 December 2023. |
Caden Cunningham (born 7 May 2003) is a British taekwondo practitioner. He competes in the + 87kg Heavyweight division.[2]
Cunningham is from Huddersfield, Yorkshire.[3] He attended King James's School, Almondbury. He trained at Quest Taekwondo as a youngster.
Cunningham was a precocious talent winning his first overseas Taekwondo title in Germany, aged twelve years-old. He was subsequently selected to represent Europe at the Children's Taekwondo Union Europe/Asia Challenge in 2016.[4]
Cunningham become the British Cadet taekwondo champion at the national finals in Manchester in 2017, winning the male −49kg category. He was subsequently selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Hungary later that year.[5]
Cunningham won the +80 kg division at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix held at the Foro Italico, Rome in June 2023. He defeated Nikita Rafalovich of Uzbekistan in the final.[6][7] That month he was also announced in the British squad to take part in the 2023 European Games held in Kraków.[8] Cunningham won the gold medal at the Games in the Men's +87 kg division.[9]