Michelle Tau

{{Short description|Lesotho taekwondo athlete}}

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Michelle Tau (born 1 April 1997) is a Lesotho taekwondo athlete and beauty pageant contestant.

Michelle Tau was born on 1 April 1997 in Lesotho.{{Cite web |title=TaekwondoData |url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=TaekwondoData |language=en}}

Tau competed in the 2017 Face of Beauty International pageant in New Delhi after being crowned Face of Lesotho.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Lesotho |date=2017-09-15 |title=Tau upbeat on India pageant prospects |url=http://lestimes.com/tau-upbeat-on-india-pageant-prospects/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Lesotho Times |language=en-US}}

Tau regularly competes in world taekwondo tournaments, taking home medals at the 2019 and 2023 African Games and the 2021 and 2023 African Taekwondo Championships. Tau was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay.{{Cite web |title=Michelle Tau |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/michelle-tau |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Commonwealth Games – Birmingham 2022 |language=en}}

Tau failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Post |first=The |date=2020-03-03 |title=Blow for taekwondo Olympic hopefuls |url=https://www.thepost.co.ls/sports/blow-for-taekwondo-olympic-hopefuls/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=The Post |language=en}} She represented Lesotho at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's taekwondo -49 kg category, where she was defeated by eventual bronze medal winner Mobina Nematzadeh in the first round.