
Sian White - Taekwondo Silver Cup Winner from Looe
The Trust were delighted to sponsor Sian's travel arrangements to the World Championships in Slovenia, she came away with a Silver Medal.
Sian a Year 10 student @ Looe community academy and competed in the VIII ITF Taekwondo World Cup in Koper, Slovenia 1-9 October 2022.
There were over 1300 athletes from 52 countries competing, including Ukraine, USA, Malaysia & Japan. The standard was extremely high. And Sian had immense pride to be participating in such a prestigious event.
Sian is now ITF World Cup Vice-Champion in sparring, having won a Silver Medal in a tough category, 12-14 year old girls +60kg’s.
This was the biggest competition that Sian has attended with full opening and closing ceremonies. Sian competed in sparring (her favourite category) and patterns. She also competed for the first time in special techniques which involved breaking a board by flying side kick and front high kick. The starting qualification heights for these were 1.00m & 2.00m.
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24th October 2022