Nickname: "Longy"
Height: 5-7
Weight: 140
Birthplace: Saigon, Vietnam
High School: Oak Grove H.S. (San Jose, Calif.) '07
College: San Jose State University '11
Major: Management Information Systems
Coach: Master Huy Nguyen
Dojang: Team-M Taekwondo
See Long's January 2012 Athlete Q&A
Other sports competed in: Badminton (captain of high school team)
Hobbies: badminton, piano, video editing and spending time with his mom
Favorite Foods: rice and fried eggs with fish sauce
Pre-Competition Meal: gummy bears
Favorite Athlete: Kyoung Hwa-Hong (Kukkiwon Demo Team member)
Favorite Movie: "Spin Kick"
Favorite Music: instrumental and piano
Did You Know?: Long trains in his garage and backyard with Team-M Taekwondo...he is an Eagle Scout (the highest rank in Boy Scouts...currently working full time as an IT analyst at Apigee Corporation and his career goal is to be an IT project manager...he has trained at the World Taekwondo Headquarters (Kukkiwon) and Keimyung University while he was in Korea in 2009...he started Team-M Taekwondo Demonstration Team with his brothers in 2004 and since then the team has performed at more than 150 national and international events including the U.S. Open, U.S. Nationals, International Taekwondo Festival, World Taekwondo Hanmadang and Suwon Championship in Korea.
MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS:
2011 U.S. National Poomsae Team Member (1st Team w/ Tuong Anh Nguyen & Tuong-Huy Viet Nguyen)
2011 U.S. National Poomsae Team Trials (1st Team w/ Tuong Anh Nguyen & Tuong-Huy Viet Nguyen): 1st
2011 World University Games Team Member (Men's Team Poomsae)
2011 U.S. Collegiate Nationals (Team Poomsae): GOLD
2011 USAT San Diego National Qualifier (Team Poomsae): 1st
2010 USAT National Poomsae Team Trials (Team Poomsae): 3rd
2010 USAT National Qualifier - Dominguez Hills (Team Poomsae): 1st
2008 World Taekwondo Hanmadang (Team Demonstration): 6th
2008 World Taekwondo Hanmadang (Individual Breaking): 5th
2008 USAT National Poomsae Team Trials (Team Poomsae): 2nd
2008 USAT Fresno National Qualifier (Team Poomsae): 1st
last updated 5/27/11