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Height
6'1"
Age
26
Hometown
Ashburn, VA
Education
Stone Bridge High School '17
Quick Facts
- Hobbies: Playing the guitar and drums
- Favorite Food/Drink: Donuts and sweet tea
- Favorite Athlete: Usain Bolt
- Favorite Taekwondo Athlete: Tae-Hun Kim
- Favorite Movie: "Saving Private Ryan"
- Favorite Book: "American Sniper"
- Favorite Band: Avenged Sevenfold
- Biggest Inspiration: His father and his coaches
- Favorite TV Shows: "Prison Break", "Dexter", "Lost" and "24"
- Favorite Quote: "I hated every minute of training, but I said 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'". -Muhammad Ali
- Proudest Moment in Taekwondo: Making the 2017 Senior National Team
Career Highlights
- 2018 World Taekwondo President's Cup (-63kg): Silver
- 2018 U.S. Senior National Team Member (Bantam -63kg)
- 2018 U.S. Senior National Team Trials (Bantam -63kg): 1st
- 2018 U.S. Open (Bantam -63kg): Gold
- 2017 U.S. Senior National Team Member (Bantam -63kg)
- 2017 U.S. Senior National Team Trials (Bantam -63kg): 1st
- 2017 Senior AAU National Team Member (-58kg)
- 2016 Junior AAU National Team Member (-63kg)
- 2016 AAU National Championships - Sparring - Black Belt (-58kg): Gold
- 2015 U.S. Open - Sparring - Black Belt (-63kg): Silver
- 2015 Canada Open - Sparring - Black Belt (-63kg): Gold
- 2015 USAT National Championships - Sparring - Black Belt (-63kg): Silver
- 2015 AAU National Championships - Sparring - Black Belyt (-63kg): Gold
- 2014 Pan American Open - Sparring - Black Belt (-63kg): Gold
- 2013 USAT National Championships - Sparring - Red Belt (-55kg): Gold
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 17th (Bantamweight 58-63kg - Men)
- Years of participation: Bantamweight 58-63kg - Men 2017, 2019
- Top finish: 17th – 2017 (Bantamweight 58-63kg - Men), 2019 (Bantamweight 58-63kg - Men)
