Youth Sports - Locals Bring Home Medals from U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships

Heavy Medal! Local Phoenix Taekowondo athletes show off their medals won at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships: (L-R) Master Min Park, Master Se-myong Lim, Brandon Ivey, Adrienne Ivey, Michael LeVan, Christian Yun, and Master Alex Kim. Photo courtesy of Dan LeVan .

(Feb. 25, 2010) - Four Loudoun County students recently competed at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championship hosted by USA Taekwondo held in Las Vegas on Feb. 10-14 and all four brought home medals.

The international tournament was attended by about 64 countries and thousands of athletes including Olympians that participated at the last Summer Olympics. The highly-competitive meet featured 30+ national and international athlethes in each division.

The medal winners -- Adrienne Ivey, Brandon Ivey, Michael LeVan and Christian Yun -- are members of the Sparring Elite Team and students of Phoenix Taekwondo locatd in Ashburn.

More on teach of the four athletes:

Adrienne Ivey: Gold Medalist, Junior Female Heavyweight division. She is also a current USA Taekwondo Junior National Team Member and represents the U.S. in various international taekwondo tournaments. She is a sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School.

Brandon Ivey: Gold Medalist, 12-13 Year Old Male Heavy Weight Division. He is 7th grader at Eagle Ridge Middle School.

Michael LeVan: Silver Medalist, 12-13 Year Old Male Fin Weight Division. He is a 6th grader at Seneca Ridge Middle School.

Christian Yun: Bronze Medalist, 12-13 Year Old Male Middle Weight Division. He is a 7th grader at Stone Hill Middle School.

For more information on the U.S. Open tournament, please visit: http://usa-taekwondo.us/news/2010/01/20/the-stars-will-be-out-in-las-vegas/30840?ngb_id=10

For more information on Phoenix Taekwondo, visit http://www.phoenixtkd.net/