Thomas Knights, a Curtin physiotherapy student, has won a bronze medal at Uni Nationals in the Judo event, his third medal in 3 years as part of the competition.
Uni Nationals is an annual competition that provides an opportunity for students to go head-to-head in a number of national standard sporting events. This year, Uni Nationals is being held in Canberra from 7 – 13 September.
Thomas, WA’s solo representative at the event, demonstrated remarkable resilience by overcoming competitors from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney to advance to the bronze medal match. In a closely contested battle, he emerged victorious once more, defeating another opponent from the University of Sydney to secure the bronze medal.
Thomas joined us to answer a couple of questions about competing in the competition:
What’s your favourite thing about competing at Uni Nationals?
The opportunity to represent my university and also just being able to do the sport that I love and hopefully inspire others to do it as well.
What would you say to anyone looking to compete at a Uni Sport event?
Just do it. Everyone’s really good and you get to compete with like-minded people.
If you’d like to get involved and represent your sport at Curtin, you can register your interest now.
For more information about inter-university sport, visit our website.
