Meet our Sports Scholars

Gavin Shaw

Gavin Shaw

Business Management student and Taekwondo athlete from Stonehaven, Scotland.

What is your sport and position?

Taekwondo.

What made you pick your sport?

My brother did it before me.

If you didn’t do your sport, what would you do and why?

Football because I loved it since I was young.

Why did you choose to study at RGU?

It has one of the best business schools in the country and was close to home.

How do you think the sport scholar program will help you progress as a student athlete?

It allows flexibility and gives support to help me improve for my sport.

What is your greatest sporting achievement?

Winning the European championships.

Who is your sporting role model and why?

Katrina Carr - one of the best to ever do TKD.

What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from your sport?

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Hopefully winning European championships as an individual as well as a team.

Favourite sporting memory?

Winning the European championships in April 2025.

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