5'7"
24
Simi Valley, CA
Year Started Taekwondo: 2005
Favorite taekwondo athlete is Joshua Liu....his biggest inspiration is Eric Mastrolonardo, a taekwondo master at AMAA...favorite foods are Korean BBQ and pasta...favorite TV shows are cartoons such as "Steven Universe" and "Gravity Falls"...enjoys Disney movies...favorite bands are Twenty One Pilots and BTS...proudest moment in taekwondo was making the 2016 Junior National Team. After losing by one point at the 2016 National Championships, he trained and gave it everything he had for Team Trials. One week before the trials he injured his ankle, but still managed to win Team Trials in overtime by one point...played piano for eight years...claims he started #yay...Derrick also says he makes a lot of puns "It just happuns naturally."...favorite quote: "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
HONORS/AWARDS
-2016 AAU California Team Captain
-2014 California Unified Taekwondo Association (CUTA) Cadet of the Year
MAJOR COMPETITION RECORD:
2016 USAT Junior National Team Member (-59kg)
2016 USAT Junior National Team Trials (-59kg) - 1st
2016 USAT National Championships - Junior Sparring (-59kg) - Bronze
2016 German Open - Junior Sparring (-55kg) - Gold
2016 U.S. Open - Junior Sparring (-55kg) - Bronze
2015 AAU Team Trials - Junior Sparring (-51kg) - Gold
2015 National Championships - Junior Sparring (-51kg) - Bronze
2015 U.S. Open - Junior Sparring (-48kg) - Gold
2014 USAT Cadet National Team Member (-49kg)
2014 Pan Am Open - Cadet Sparring (-49kg) - Gold
2014 AAU Team Trials - Cadet Sparring (-49kg) - Gold
2014 National Championships - Cadet Sparring (-49kg) - Gold
2013 Pan Am Open - Cadet Sparring (Bantam) - Silver
2012 U.S. Open - Cadet Sparring (Bantam) - Silver
2011 National Championships - Youth Sparring - Black Belt - Gold
2011 U.S. Open - Youth Sparring - Black Belt - Bronze
2008 National Championships - Sparring - Blue Belt - Silver
2008 National Championships - Poomsae - Blue Belt - Silver
2007 National Championships - Poomsae - Blue Belt - Gold
last updated 2/17/2016
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