Taekwondo Canada – A total of 21 athletes has been selected to represent Canada at the 2017 Summer Universiade. 16 Kyorugi and 5 Poomsae athletes are set to grace the mat at the Taoyuan Arena in Taipei city.

The line-up consists of the 2017 Senior National Champion, Anas Sghir (M+54kg, Cégep Ahuntsic), Andrea Jerom (F-53kg, University of Toronto) and Emmanuelle Boudreau (F+73kg, University of Ottawa), as well as the 2017 Calgary National Freestyle Poomsae Team Champions, Angela Sinilaite (University of Waterloo), Kaitlyn Wiens (York University), and Maria Inez Philip (York University).

The taekwondo competition will take place from August 20 to August 26, including the first two days for the Poomsae competition, followed by the Individual Kyorugi (August 22-25) and Team Kyorugi event (August 26).

Rachel Cuma was selected by Taekwondo Canada as the Team Ambassador for this exciting event. She will be providing daily recaps and taking over Taekwondo Canada’s Instagram (@taekwondocanada) account during the competition.

Our High Performance staff, Jamie Dossantos is looking forward to this event, “The Universiade is the second largest event in the world, behind the Olympic Games.  An amazing opportunity for University athletes to have the experience of a multi-sport games.”

“Taekwondo is a World Taekwondo G-2 ranking competition for Kyorugi individual and Kyorugi team events, winners receive 20 points towards their World/Olympic ranking.  The Canadian roster is comprised with prior and current national champions looking to move up on their World Taekwondo ranking at this Kyorugi competition. It will be an exciting two weeks for our Canadian team, led by Kyorugi Coaches Dan Thornton, Katy Pyke, Patrick Soucy and William Rodgers, along with Poomsae Coach David Seo.”

Taekwondo Canada Universiade Team:

Poomsae
Athlete	Event(s)		School
Abbas Jr. Assadian	Poomsae male individual		Ryerson University
Chloe Lee	Poomsae female individual		University of Calgary
Maria Inez Philip	Poomsae female team		York University
Angela Sinilaite	Poomsae female team		University of Waterloo
Kaitlyn Wiens	Poomsae mixed pair and Poomsae female team		York University
Kyorugi
Athlete	Event(s)		School
Anas Sghir	M -54kg		Cégep Ahuntsic
Shane Britton	M -58kg		Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Jackson Carroll	M -63kg		Saint Mary’s University
Hunter Carroll	M -68kg		Saint Mary’s University
Éloi Paradis-Deschênes	M -74kg		Université Laval
Adam Tomlinson	M -80kg		University of Ottawa Institute of Technology
Éthienne Brunet	M -87kg		Cegep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Hayk Amirbekyan	M +87kg		University of Toronto
Crystal Chan	F -46kg		University of Toronto
Viviane Tranquille	F -49kg		College Lafleche
Andrea Jerom	F -53kg		University of Toronto
Ruxandra Rodgers	F -57kg		York University
Gabrielle Rousseau	F -62kg		Université Laval
Ashlyn Arnold	F -67kg		Douglas College
Rachel Cuma	F -73kg		York University
Emmanuelle Boudreau	F +73kg		University of Ottawa
Taekwondo (coaches and staff)
Name		Role
Rick Lau		Medical
Kathy Pyke		Coach
William Rodgers		Coach
Hyun-Seok Seo		Coach
Patrick Soucy		Coach
Daniel Thornton		Coach

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