Athlete Bio#
Height
4'11"
Age
24
Hometown
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Education
Rancho Cucamonga High School
Elva Pai Adams
Year Started Taekwondo: 2009
Elementary: Windrows Elementary
Social Media Links:
-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rgjao
Favorite movie is "Fast and Furious 7"...favorite foods are watermelon, sushi, pork asado and filipino spaghetti...favorite bands/singers are BTS, Zion T, Twenty One Pilots, and Melanie Martinez...favorite taekwondo athlete is Elva Pai Adams...her proudest moment in taekwondo was making the 2014 USA National Poomsae Team and going to Aguascalientes, Mexico, to compete at the World Championships...another proud moment was winning first place in the female junior individual at the 2015 Poomsae Team Trials and making the National Team for the second time.
MAJOR COMPETITION RECORD:
2017 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships (15-17 Junior Individual Poomsae) - Silver
2016 USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team Member (15-17 Individual)
2016 World Poomsae Championships (Lima, Peru) - 15-17 Individual - BRONZE
2015 USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team Member (15-17 Individual)
2015 USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team Member (15-17 Team w/ Euressa Cosmiano & Frances Santarina)
2015 Pan Am Poomsae Championship (15-17 Female Individual) - GOLD
2015 Pan Am Poomsae Championship (15-17 Female Team) - GOLD
2015 Pan Am Open (15-17 Female Individual) - GOLD
2015 National Poomsae Team Trial Junior Female Individual- 1st (National Team)
2015 National Poomsae Team Trial Junior Female Team – 1st (National Team)
2015 National Championship Female Team - SILVER
2015 National Championship Individual- BRONZE
2015 Nevada State Champion Junior Female Individual- GOLD
2015 Nevada State Champion Junior Female Team- GOLD
2014 USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team Member (Cadet Pair)
2014 USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team Member (Cadet Team)
2014 USAT National Championship Cadet Individual- BRONZE
2014 USAT National Championship Cadet Co-Ed Pair- GOLD
2014 USAT National Championship Cadet Female Team- GOLD
2014 US OPEN Cadet Pair- GOLD
2014 US OPEN Cadet Female Team- GOLD
2013 USAT National Championship Cadet Individual- SILVER
2013 USAT National Championship Cadet Pair- GOLD
2013 US OPEN- Individual- Bronze
2013 US OPEN- Co-Ed Pair- Silver
2012 USAT National Championship Cadet Individual- SILVER
2012 US OPEN Individual- Silver
last updated2/21/17
World Championship Experience
- 2016 World Poomsae Championship Lima, Peru - Bronze Medalist
