Nickname: "B"
Height: 5-11
Weight: 140 pounds
Birthplace: Greensboro, N.C.
High School: Northeast (McLeansville, N.C.) '08
Dojang: PURE Taekwondo Center
Social media: www.ptkdcenter.com
World Ranking on 9/1/12: T-103rd (-63kg)
He enjoys teaching, going to church and playing soccer...his favorite book is the Bible...enjoys watching ESPN, Travel Channel and Discovery...favorite foods include chicken parm and Korean...instills character in his students at PURE Taekwondo Center and he loves to represent his country...favorite quote: "You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give." -Eleanor Roosevelt.
Awards:
-named USA Taekwondo's 2007 Male Junior Athlete of the Year
-named Outstanding Male Athlete at 2007 Pan American Jr. Championships
Competition Record:
2012 Olympic Trials - Phase 7 (-68kg): 5th
2011 World Taekwondo Championships (Bantam): Round of 64
-lost to Byron Rodrigo Vasquez Rivas (ESA), WDR due to injury 3-0, in Round of 64
2011 U.S. National Team Member (Bantam)
2011 U.S. National Team Trials (Bantam): 1st
2010 2012 Olympic Team Trials 1 (Bantam/Feather): 4th
2010 U.S. Open (Bantam): SILVER
2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Bantam): 2nd
2009 National Team Qualifier (Bantam): 3rd
2008 Pan Am Championships (Bantam): BRONZE
2008 Pan Am Championships Team Member (Bantam)
2007 Pan Am Jr. Championships (Jr. Feather): GOLD
2007 Junior Team Trials (Jr. Feather): 1st
2007 Junior Olympics (Jr. Feather): BRONZE
2007 Senior National Team Trials (Fin): 2nd
2006 U.S. Senior Nationals (Fin): SILVER
2006 World Junior Championships (Feather): BRONZE
2006 Junior Olympics (Jr. Feather): GOLD
2006 USAT Junior National Team Member
2005 Pan Am Junior Championships (Bantam): BRONZE
2005 Junior National Team Member
2005 Junior Olympics: GOLD
2005 U.S. Open: BRONZE
2002 Junior Olympics: BRONZE
last updated 3/26/13