| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Andrew William James Deer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | -74 kg ,–80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tamworth Manchester Aces | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | AD Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Green | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Amy Truesdale · Matthew Bush · Joseph Lane · Beth Munro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | WR 5th −74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Deer is an English taekwondo athlete. [1]
In 2015, Deer representing Great Britain, competed in the -74kg category in the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in May 2015. In 2017, he became a National Development Coach on the Sports England funded programme. In 2018 after working as project lead coach, Great Britain Taekwondo was awarded sufficient funding for a full to programme, and as a result of the funding, he became Great Britain's first Taekwondo Paralympic Coach.
