Nicknames: "Tommy" & "T.Lee"
Height: 5-10
Weight: 170 pounds
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Md.
High School: Rockville H.S. ('08)
College: Stanford University
Year of Graduation: 2012
Coaches: Master Patrice Remarck and Tim Ghormley
Dojang: Remarck Sport Taekwondo (RST) and Stanford Taekwondo
WTF World Ranking as of 9/1/12: T-195th (-80kg)
Awards:
- 2008 USA Taekwondo Junior Male Athlete of the Year
- 2008 Junior Olympics Outstanding Male Athlete
- 2007 AAU Youth Leadership Award
Enjoys playing any sport/game that keeps score...his younger brother, Robert (16), is a 3rd degree black belt who has won several national medals...favorite restaurant is Sushi 85...before a competition he enjoys shrimp fettuccini from the Olive Garden...favorite athletes are BJ Penn and Lyoto Machida...favorite movie is The Hangover...favorite song is "Dirty Talk Laidback Luke Remix" by Wynter Gordon...lists Spain as his favorite country visited for competition.
Did You Know?: Thomas is a member of the fraternity Lambda Phi Epsilon...he is a huge fan of trance and dubsteb...also loves to play poker regularly.
Quotable Thomas Lee: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why we call it the present."
Competition Record:
2010 National Collegiate Championships (Welter): GOLD
2009 National Collegiate Championships (Welter): BRONZE
2008 U.S. Junior National Team Member (Jr. Middle)
2008 Junior Olympics (Jr. Middle): GOLD
2008 U.S. Senior Nationals (Light): SILVER
2008 World Jr. Championships (Jr. Middle): Quarterfinals
2008 Junior Team Trials (Jr. Middle): 1st
2008 U.S. Open (14-17 Middle): GOLD
2008 AAU National Team Member (Jr. Lt. Middle)
2007 Pan Am Jr. Championships (Jr. Lt. Middle): BRONZE
2007 U.S. Junior National Team Member (Jr. Lt. Middle)
2007 Junior Team Trials (Jr. Lt. Middle): 1st
2007 Junior Olympics (Jr. Lt. Middle): GOLD
2007 Festival Olympico, Puerto Rico (Jr. Lt. Middle): GOLD
2007 Festival Olympico, Puerto Rico (Jr. Welter): GOLD
2007 Korean American Olympic Festival (Jr. Lt. Middle): GOLD
2007 U.S. Open (14-17 Welter): GOLD
2007 AAU National Team Member (Jr. Light)
2006 Ontario Classic, Canada (Jr. Welter): GOLD
2006 Black Belt Festival (Jr. Welter): GOLD
2006 AAU National Team Member (Jr. Bantam)
2006 Chicago Open International (Jr. Light): GOLD
2006 German Open (Jr. Light): Quarterfinals
2006 U.S. Open (14-17 Feather): GOLD
2005 Madrid Senior Open (Sr. Feather): Quarterfinals
2005 AAU Jr. Nationals (Jr. Bantam): GOLD
2005 Black Belt Festival (Jr. Bantam): SILVER
2005 Junior Olympics (Jr. Bantam Elite Sparring): GOLD
2005 Junior Olympics (Forms): GOLD
2005 Maryland State Championships (Sparring): GOLD
2005 Maryland State Championships (Forms): GOLD
2004 Canada Open (Sparring): GOLD
2004 Canada Open (Forms): GOLD
2004 Junior Olympics (Sparring): GOLD
2004 Junior Olympics (Forms): GOLD
2004 Tekno Asian Sun (Sparring): GOLD
2004 Tekno Asian Sun (Forms): SILVER
2004 Tekno East Coast Open (Sparring): SILVER
2004 Tekno East Coast Open (Forms): GOLD
2004 Tekno Atlantic Games (Sparring): GOLD
2004 Tekno Atlantic Games (Forms): GOLD
2004 Maryland State Championships (Sparring): GOLD
2004 Maryland State Championships (Forms): GOLD
last updated 9/13/12