We are wishing best of luck to Team USA Junior Athletes in Rio at Panamerican Karate Championship!
The Panamerican Karate Federation (PKF) is the governing body of sport karate of about 37 countries of national karate federation in the Americas. The best athletes from each country will be competing in kata and kumite.
PKF is duly recognized by the World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 130 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members. The PKF organized juniors and seniors Championship in many countries in Panamerica and participates in WKF World Karate Championship.
Team USA is ready to compete in the Junior Pan American Championships here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!
Competition starts today on Wednesday, August 22.
All athletes who will be representing Team USA:
12-13 Female Elite Kata
• Kalea Aradanas
• Kendall Madine
12-13 Male Elite Kata
• Troy Onaga
• John-Michael Rivera
14-15 Female Elite Kata
• Claire Overfelt
• Kaitlyn Shimohara
14-15 Male Elite Kata
• Brandon Ujimori
• Mason Stowell
16-17 Female Elite Kata
• Zoe Meszaro
• Izel Castillo
16-17 Male Elite Kata
• Kevin Stevens
• Ian Estrada
18-20 Female Elite Kata
• Taylor Chung
• Camille Chungyoun
18-20 Male Elite Kata
• Ariel Torres
• Rey Chinen
12-13 Female Kumite -42kg
• Malaya Cabansag
• Alexa Lewandowski
12-13 Female Kumite -47kg
• Yahelis Vega
• Aziah Santizo
12-13 Female Kumite +47kg
• Stephanie Hillyer
• Diana Sanchez
12-13 Male Elite Kumite -40kg
• Frank Passanisi
• Harry Koseki
12-13 Male Kumite -45kg
• Arun Loganathan
• Shawn Wong
12-13 Male Elite Kumite -50kg
• Mateo Solis
• Kaiet Coraizaca
12-13 Male Elite Kumite -55kg
• Braden Fullman
• Jonathan Cortes
12-13 Male Elite Kumite +55kg
• Ian Crumrine
• Daniel Hwang
14-15 Female Elite Kumite -47kg
• Joelle Inciong
• Madilyn Jennings
14-15 Female Elite Kumite -54kg
• Victoria Tatarynova
• Luisa Villafranca
14-15 Female Elite Kumite +54kg
• Magdalena Zucek
• Natasha Kudelya
14-15 Male Elite Kumite -52kg
• Noah Helsby
• Trinav Chaudhuri
14-15 Male Elite Kumite -57kg
• Janco Dorta
• Jerome Siljan
14-15 Male Elite Kumite -63kg
• Ryan Bruce
• Aksh Tyagi
14-15 Male Elite Kumite -70kg
• Matthew Hillyer
• Luis Carmona-Bravo
14-15 Male Elite Kumite +70kg
• Lester Diaz
• Leonardo Schaafsma
16-17 Female Elite Kumite -48kg
• Madison Malone
• Izel Castillo
16-17 Female Elite Kumite -53kg
• Ana Perales
• Alexandra Wainwright
16-17 Female Elite Kumite -59kg
• Trinity Allen
• Daniela Bustamante
16-17 Female Elite Kumite +59kg
• Kylie Mahoney
• Tiana Clevenger
16-17 Male Elite Kumite -55kg
• Frank Ruiz
• Zachary Ury
16-17 Male Elite Kumite -61kg
• Zaylin Pinto
• RJ Domingo
16-17 Male Elite Kumite -68kg
• Dorian Pajor
• Xavier Calvo
16-17 Male Elite Kumite -76kg
• Jared Smith
• Safin Kasturi
16-17 Male Elite Kumite +76kg
• Braden Ivey
• Christian Stienstra
18-20 Female Elite Kumite -50kg
• Caterina Cilluffo
• Chandler Ury
18-20 Female Elite Kumite -55kg
• Taylor Chung
• Sabina Ramic
18-20 Female Elite Kumite -61kg
• Ann Hsieh
• Kassidy Mahoney
18-20 Female Elite Kumite -68kg
• Sabrina Hostettler
• Skylar Lingl
18-20 Female Elite Kumite +68kg
• Cirrus Lingl
• Christy Dey
18-20 Male Elite Kumite -60kg
• Gage Silverman
• Julio Zaldivar
18-20 Male Elite Kumite -67kg
• Angelo Palmieri
• Josue Hernandez
18-20 Male Elite Kumite -75kg
• Santiago Mestroni
• Saisheren Senpon
18-20 Male Elite Kumite -84kg
• Max Segal
• Adam Rotbart
18-20 Male Elite Kumite +84kg
• Benjamin Harrison
• Gabriel Hall Male
Team Elite Kata
• Ian Estrada
• Justin Ferrer
• Paolo Serafico
Female Team Elite Kata
• Sierra Estrada
• Natalie Hertogh
• Kaitlyn Shimohara
Source of info:
USA Karate www.teamusa.org/usa-karate/
Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org/
