Sarah Diana Stevenson was born on 30 March 1983 and is a British taekwondo athlete.
14 Facts About Sarah Stevenson
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Sarah Stevenson again became world champion in 2011, despite the loss of both her parents to cancer in the preceding year.
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Sarah Stevenson was selected for her home games in London in 2012, where she took the Olympic oath at the opening ceremony on behalf of all the athletes.
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Sarah Stevenson's injury-truncated build up to the Games led to an early elimination; she had taken silver at the Olympic qualifiers despite suffering a broken hand.
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In 2013, Sarah Stevenson announced her retirement from competition, and her intention to take up a coaching role in the Great Britain team.
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Sarah Stevenson was born in Doncaster and attended the Don Valley High School in Scawthorpe.
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Sarah Stevenson started training taekwondo at the age of 7.
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Sarah Stevenson started her career by becoming Junior World Champion in 1998.
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Sarah Stevenson later trained at Sportcity in Manchester and is a member of the Allstars Taekwondo Academy in Doncaster.
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Sarah Stevenson then went on to compete for bronze in the repechage, defeating Noha Abd Rabo of Egypt and winning Britain's first Olympic medal in the sport of taekwondo.
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At the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sarah Stevenson was chosen to take the Competitors oath.
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Sarah Stevenson lost to American Paige McPherson in the preliminary round.
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Sarah Stevenson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to martial arts.
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In January 2014, Sarah Stevenson was made a Freeman of her home town of Doncaster.