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November
24, 2008
Kickin' It At The Texas Junior TaeKwonDo
Championships
Eleven
athletes representing GT Sport headed down to Houston, Texas this
past weekend for the Texas Junior TaeKwonDo Championships. Competitors
from throughout the region attended the tournament, which was held
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Jason
Aronson - Bronze, Gold (Forms)
Danielle Baker - Silver, Gold (Forms)
Zachary Barron - Silver
Austin Campbell - Silver
Megan Campbell - Gold, Gold (Forms)
RJ Crucknol - Gold
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Will
Crucknol - Silver
Medhi Idrissi - Gold
Simon Phillips - Gold
Jasmine Willis - Gold
Andy Yi - Silver
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October
20, 2008
Another Successful Tournament For GT Sport
The members of Team Tubbs demonstrated their
extraordinary skill, effort and dedication to TaeKwonDo recently at
the 28th Annual Ft. Worth International Taekwondo Championships. The
tournament, which was held Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the Fort
Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX, resulted in the following
awards: |
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Jason
Aronson - Bronze
Danielle Baker - Bronze
Zachary Barron - Bronze
Austin Campbell - Bronze
Megan Campbell - Silver
Helen Chu - Gold
RJ Crucknol - Gold
Will Crucknol - Bronze
Adam Dandis - Silver
Sergey Farmanyan - Gold
Tigran Farmanyan - Bronze
Yana Farmanyan - Gold, Bronze (Forms)
Ana Maria Frampton - Bronze
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Justin
Holifield - Bronze
Jean Luc Lewis - Bronze
Adrian Levy - Gold
Alex Levy - Bronze
Jacqueline Manessier - Silver
Dunnia Nafal - Gold
Muthana Nafal - Silver
Carlos Navarro - Gold
Cassidy Thomas - Gold, Gold (Forms)
Hunter Thomas - Gold
Jose Torres - Gold
Cassie Tubbs - Gold, Silver (Forms)
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September
9, 2008
Three
Win Spots On 2009 AAU Taekwondo National Team
GT
Sport Taekwondo is pleased to announce that Selina Tubbs, Anees
Hasnain and Kasey Mallard have been named members of the 2009 AAU
Taekwondo National Team after recently competing in the AAU Taekwondo
Team Trials. Tubbs was named to the Junior Team after winning the
Female Feather (101.3-107.8) division. Hasnain won the Female Fin
(-103.5) division and Mallard took top honors in the Female Feather
(121.1-129.8) division, earning them both a spot on the Senior Team.
All three ladies were also members of 2008's National Team. Joseph
Gjonaj, Isabel Gjonaj, Summer Suhwail and Jennifer Lebron had also
qualified for the competition, which was held September 5-7, 2008
at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. Congratulations to all our outstanding athletes!
August 18, 2008
Team
Tubbs Keeps Rolling at Texas Cup International
Twenty seven members of Team Tubbs competed
before an enthusiastic crowd at the annual Texas Cup International,
which was held on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Arlington High School
in Arlington, Texas. Athletes from throughout the United States
and Mexico competed in both Olympic Sparring and Forms and the results
for Team Tubbs are:
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Sami
Ahmed - Silver, Gold (Forms)
Jason Aronson - Silver, Bronze (Forms)
Zachary Barron - Gold, Gold (Forms)
Megan Campbell - Silver, Bronze (Forms)
Bassel Chaaban - Gold, DNC
Adam Dandis - Gold, Gold (Forms)
Sergey Farmanyan - Gold, Silver (Forms)
Tigran
Farmanyan - Silver, Gold (Forms)
Yana Farmanyan - Gold, Gold (Forms)
Justin Holifield - Bronze, DNC
Zan Laskaris - Gold, DNC
Adrian Levy - Silver, DNC
Alex Levy - Silver, DNC
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Luc Lewis - Silver, Bronze (Forms)
Dunnia Nafal - Silver, DNC
Muthana Nafal - Gold, DNC
Dylan Nguyen - Bronze, DNC
Simon Phillips - Silver, DNC
Felipe Salas - Silver, DNC
Jessica Salas - Bronze, DNC
Hamza Suhwail - Gold, DNC
Sami Suhwail - Gold, DNC
Summer Suhwail - Gold, DNC
Jose Torres - Gold, DNC
Andy Yi
- Gold, Gold
Aaron Wiles - Gold, DNC
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Our
congratulations also to Zaid Hilweh who put in a terrific performance!
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July
6, 2008
Team
GT Scores Big at AAU Nationals
Team GT made quite a showing at the recent 2008
AAU TaeKwonDo National Championships, bringing home an impressive
8 Gold, 6 Silver, and 11 Bronze medals from the competition. The event,
which was held June 30 - July 5, 2008 at the Exhibition Hall at the
Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, annually
draws over 1500 athletes from around the United
States. The details of this year's results are: |
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Jason
Aronson - Bronze
Zachary Barron - Silver
Austin Campbell - Gold
Megan Campbell - Gold, Bronze (Forms)
Helen Chu - Gold
David Cyr - Bronze
Isabel Gjonaj - Bronze
Joseph Gjonaj - Bronze
Nicholas Gjonaj - Silver
Yana Farmanyan - Gold
Ana Maria Frampton - Bronze
Medhi Idrissi - Bronze
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Jennifer
Lebron - Bronze
Adrian Levy - Silver
Kasey Mallard - Gold
Lexi Mallard - Silver
Dunnia Nafal - Gold
Carlos Navarro - Gold
Simon Phillips - Silver
Summer Suhwail - Bronze
Nimish Sutaria - Silver
Cassie Tubbs - Gold
Daren Tubbs - Bronze
Jasmine Willis - Bronze
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We
also applaud Alex Levy, Armen Harmenbardzumyan, Jean Luc Lewis,
Jose Torres, Justin Holifield, Muthana Nafal, Sergey Farmanyan,
Tigren Farmanyan, Zan Laskaris who all put in a fine performance
at this year's competition.
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May
10, 2008
It's 64 Medals for GT Sport at AAU Qualifier
Fifty-one GT Sport athletes who competed in
the AAU TaeKwonDo Southwestern Texas District Qualifier on May 10th
qualified for this summer's 2008 AAU Taekwondo National Championships.
Our athletes brought home an impressive 64 medals - 27 Gold, 16 Silver
and 21 Bronze - from the event. The qualifier, which was held at North
McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, was one of 40 qualifiers
that will be conducted across the country during the 2008 competition
year. The 2008 AAU Taekwondo National Championships will be held June
30 - July 5 at the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in
Madison, WI. The results of the May 10th qualifier are (sparring,
forms): |
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Jason
Aronson - Bronze (Forms)
Zachary Barron - Gold, Gold
Austin Campbell - Gold, Bronze
Megan Campbell - Gold, Gold
Bassel Chaaban - Silver, DNC
Helen Chu - Silver, DNC
RJ Crucknol - Bronze, DNC
Will Crucknol - Silver. Bronze
David Cyr - Silver, DNC
Adam Dandis - Gold, DNC
Sergey Farmanyan - Bronze, Bronze
Tigran Farmanyan - Gold, Gold
Yana Farmanyan - Bronze, Bronze
Ana Maria Frampton - Gold, Gold
Nicholas Gjonaj - Gold, DNC
Armen Hambardzumyan - Gold, Silver
Ruben Hambardzumyan - Bronze (Forms)
Zaid Hilwah - Bronze, DNC
Justin Holifield - Bronze, DNC
Medhi Idrissi - Gold, DNC
Nabil Idrissi - Bronze, DNC
Zan Laskaris - Bronze, Bronze
Jason Leung - Gold, Silver
Jeffrey
Leung - Gold, Bronze
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Levy - Bronze (Forms)
Alex Levy - Gold
Jean-Luc Lewis - Silver
Jacqueline Manessier - Silver, Silver
Kasey Mallard - Gold, DNC
Lexi Mallard - Gold, DNC
Adham Nafal - Bronze, DNC
Dunnia Nafal - Gold, DNC
Mohamad Nafal - Gold, DNC
Muthana Nafal - Bronze, DNC
Dylan Nguyen - Silver, DNC
Felipe Salas - Bronze, DNC
Jessica Salas - Silver, DNC
Sami Suhwail - Silver, DNC
Summer Suhwail - Bronze, DNC
Waleed Suhwail - Gold, DNC
Nimish Sutaria - Bronze
Cassidy Thomas - Gold, Gold
Hunter Thomas - Silver, Gold
Jose Torres - SIlver, DNC
Gabriel Villiani - Gold, Silver
Aaron Wiles - Gold, Gold
Jasmine Willis - Silver, DNC
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Also
qualifiying for the National Championships are Izabel Gjonaj, Joseph
Gjonaj, Omar Khalil and Brenden Briones.
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May 8, 2008
Coppersmith-Tubbs
Wins First U.S. Junior World Title Since 2000
GT Sport's own Selina Coppersmith-Tubbs became
the first American to win a junior world title since 2000 when she
captured the female flyweight gold medal on May 8th at the 7th World
Junior Championships in Izmir, Turkey. The five-day event included
749 athletes from a record 84 countries.
Coppersmith-Tubbs won five consecutive matches to claim the flyweight
gold medal. She defeated Indonesia (7-0), Belgium (3-2), The Netherlands
(7-0), Canada (1-0) and Croatia's Stela Simunic in the final by a
score of (4-3). Canada's Victoria Chong and Thailand's Thitichaya
Detkaeo were the bronze medalists in the women's flyweight class.
April
21, 2008
Two
Golds for GT Sport at USAT Qualifier |
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Captures Gold at
Junior Worlds
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Anees
Hasnain and Carlos Navarro both won gold at the USAT Qualifier, which
was held April 19-20 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston,
Texas. Austin Campbell and Helen Chu also turned in fine performances
at the event. Congratulations to all our athletes!
April 4, 2008
Selina
Tubbs Named to U.S. Junior World Team
The 20-member U.S. Junior World Team was named
April 4th following competition in the World Junior Team Trials at
the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, IA. Seventy-eight
athletes battled it out in the round robin format.
Congratulations to GT Sport's Selina Tubbs for making the U.S Junior
National Team (flyweight division). She will be heading to Izmir,
Turkey for the 7th World Junior Championships next month.
March 10, 2008
It's
Gold For Tubbs and Hasnain
Congratulations to Selina Coppersmith Tubbs
(Junior A Female -44) and Anees Hasnain (Junior A Female -42) who
both won Gold at the German Open 2008 held March 8-9 in Hamburg, Germany.
March
9, 2008
GT
Sport Athletes Qualify For AAU Nationals
All twelve GT Sport athletes
who competed at the Texas Regional AAU TaeKwonDo Qualifier held on
March 8th at Butler Stadium in Houston have earned a spot at the 2008
National AAU TaeKwonDo
Championships scheduled for June 30 - July 5,
2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. Our hats
are off to (sparring, forms): |
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Zachary
Barron - Bronze, Gold
Austin Campbell - Silver
Megan Campbell - Gold, Gold
Will Crucknol - Bronze, Bronze
RJ Crucknol - Bronze, Silver
Nicholas Gjonaj - Silver, DNC
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AnaMaria
Frampton - Gold, Gold
Zan Laskaris - Bronze
Jean Luc Lewis - Gold, DNC
Simon Phillips - Gold
Summer
Suhwail - Bronze, DNC
Jasmine Willis - Gold, DNC
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February
11, 2008
GT
Sport Team Wins Four Medals at U.S. Open
Four athletes from GT Sport were awarded medals
at the 2008 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships held February 8-10,
2008. Mr. Joe Gjonaj, representing Albania, won the Gold in the Senior
division. In the 11-13 year old division, Carlos Navarro won gold,
Jose Torres won silver, and Muthana Nafal won bronze in their respective
weight classes. The event, which was held at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana annually attracts participants
from throughout the world.
January 28, 2008
Hasnain
One Step Closer to Olympic Dream
GT Sport's own Anees Hasnain won the fly weight division at the Olympic
qualifying event in Colorado Springs, Colorado on January 26, 2008.
Anees, who was coached by GT Sport Master and AAU National Coach Greg
Tubbs, defeated Mara Perscheid 6-4 and Alexis Martinez 7-4 in the
elimination rounds, and then went on to defeat Martinez once again
in the finals 5-4.
By virtue of her victory, Anees (age 16) will meet Charlotte Craig
(age 17) in
the women's Olympic flyweight division (not exceeding 107.8 lbs/49
kg) in
Des Moines, Iowa on April 5, 2008 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium
to decide who will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing, China. Congratulations Anees and best of luck in April!
Result: Congratulations to Anees Hasnain, 2008 Bejing Olympic Team
Alternate…we are so proud of you!
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January 27, 2008
Texas Open Results Announced
Twelve GT Sport athletes captured medals at the 2008 Texas Open TaeKwonDo
Championships held January 26, 2008 at the Sam Houston University
Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum. The results of the competition are (sparring,
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Zachary
Barron - Bronze, Bronze
Austin Campbell - Gold, Bronze
Will Crucknol - Silver, Bronze
R.J Crucknol - Silver, Bronze
Nadia Frampton - Gold, Silver
Justin Holifield - Gold, DNC
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Zaid
Hilweh - Silver, Bronze
Summer Suhwail - Gold, DNC
Gabe Villani - Bronze, Bronze
Hunter Thomas - Bronze, DNC
Cassie Tubbs - Gold, DNC
Aaron Wiles - Silver, Gold
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January
7, 2008
Tubbs and Hasnain One Step Closer
to Junior World Championships
Selina Tubbs and Anees Hasnain have taken the first step in landing
a spot on the 2008 U.S Taekwondo Junior National Team by qualifying
in their divisions at the World Junior Championships Open, January
5-6 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
The girls will head to Des Moines, IA on April 4-5 along with 78 other
athletes to compete for one of 20 spots on the U.S Junior Team that
will compete at the 2008 Junior World Taekwondo Championship in Izmir,
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2008 GT Sport. All Rights Reserved.
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