She was one of three members of Mulwaree Muay Thai who travelled to Bosnia last month to take part in the WAKO World Championships, which took place from October 19 to October 27.

Kolosque, alongside Darcy Sullivan and Tegan Taylor, shone during her three bouts and claimed a bronze medal, despite suffering a serious injury in the first.

"In the first fight, she broke two of her ribs, and she then defeated her second opponent, from Turkey," Sullivan, Kolosque's coach and Australian teammate, said.

"And then in the third fight, which was the semi-final against Russia, she was just too gone by then.

"She still went out there and had a crack at it though. And the girl who beat her in the semi-final went on to win the whole thing."

Had Kolosque not succumbed to her rib injury, Sullivan believes she was more than capable of winning not just the semi-final, but her whole division.

"If she hadn't been injured, I think she would have won it," he said.

"That would have been absolutely incredible, what she did was absolutely incredible."

Kolosque's efforts even drew praise from WAKO Australia president, Francis McArdle, who said on Facebook that the "he stand out hero for me was Amy Kolosque, taking bronze in Light Contact.

"Her quarter final fight was like a scene from a Rocky movie, being down in the second [round] by a gap that normally can't be caught, she gave everything and I mean everything and fought her way back to win in the last two seconds with a score, every country in the stadium cheered her home for the win."

Ahead of the championships, Sullivan knew Australia were likely to struggle against teams such as Russia, Turkey, and the Ukraine, who were among the favourites going in.

He and Taylor both lost their first bouts, against Russia and the Ukraine respectively, but they both took away important lessons from their fights.

"I learned a lot from the fight ... it's a different style to Muay Thai, in Muay Thai you're more relaxed, a bit slower paced. This was more aggressive, like a sprint," Sullivan said.

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