A martial artist from Tallaght will be the first Irishman to compete in Taekwon-do at Olympic level
21-year-old Jack Woolley got the "crazy" news yesterday.
He trains with the South Dublin Taekwon-do Club -- and has held a black belt since the age of 11.
He says he's absolutely thrilled, and plans to focus all his training for the 2020 games in Tokyo.
"Obviously I'm delighted and it's been four years of really hard work," he said. "To be known as the first person to ever qualify from Ireland in the sport, it's crazy," he said.
"I'm really proud of myself, I've worked really hard, and not many people can say that they've gone to the Olympics, never mind be the first person to qualify for their country in a certain sport," he said.
