Matthew Beach

Matthew Francis Beach is a New Zealand taekwondo practitioner of British origin. Beach qualified for the Taekwondo at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg|men's heavyweight] division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the 2007 Oceania [Taekwondo Qualification Tournament|Oceanian Qualification Tournament] in Nouméa, New Caledonia. He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to China's Liu Xiaobo, with a score of 1–4. Beach currently resides in Wellington, New Zealand, where he is employed by SBS Wealth Service as the head of Client Care.