Australian Taekwondo have named three athletes for the Oceania Continental Paralympic Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 ©Australian Taekwondo

Australian Taekwondo have named three athletes for the Oceania Continental Paralympic Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020.

Kara Fournie will compete in the women's K44 49 kilograms division, with Janine Watson seeing acting in the women's K44 over-58kg.

In men's competition, Steven Currie will do battle in the K44 75kg.

The qualifier is set to take place in Gold Coast on February 29, alongside the Olympic weight divisions.

All of the athletes will be hoping to earn quota places for Australia, which will not mean that they themselves have qualified for the Games.

Taekwondo will debut at the Paralympic Games this year ©Getty Images
Taekwondo will debut at the Paralympic Games this year ©Getty Images

The deadline for athletes to be picked for Australia's Paralympic team is April 30.

Taekwondo will make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, alongside badminton. 

"Australian Taekwondo congratulates the three athletes on their selections and wishes them all the best for the upcoming Oceania Continental Paralympic Qualification Tournament," the governing body said.