2007 Tournament Results

2007 Jimmy Kim Invitational Taekwondo Championship
September 22, 2007, Long Beach, California

Miles Kiffmann: 1Silver,1Bronze

2007 U.S. Senior National & Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships
JULY 10-15, 2007, San Jose, California

16 Gold Medals For Kiffmann's Maui Elite Taekwondo Team (28 medals total)

SENIORS-Black Belts:

Kathryn Kiffmann, 1 Gold
Imelda Castro, 1 Gold
Elena Jones, 1 Bronze
Andrea Thyne, 1 Bronze

JUNIORS-Black Belts:

Angelo Delosso-Flocco, 2 Gold Medals
Aisha Jones, 1 Gold Medal, 1 Bronze
Ciara Thyne, 1 Bronze
Miles Kiffmann, 2 Bronze
Kavyka Souza, 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Kellen Bean, 1 Silver

JUNIORS-Color Belts:

Peter Nelson, 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver
Alicia Schmidthans, 1 Silver
Joan Cho, 2 Gold Medals
Jane Cho, 2 Gold Medals
Jordan Soma, 1 Silver Medal
Ashley Rodriguez, 2 Gold Medals
Jada McGuire, 2 Gold Medals
Cammy Henry, 1 Silver Medals

Hawaii Pacific Open Taekwondo Championship
June 24, 2007 Waipahu High School, Oahu

17 Gold Medals & 3 Team Trophies For 14 Kiffmann Taekwondo Athletes competing

6 Kiffmann athletes received double gold medals and the Kiffmann Taekwondo team received three trophies as well for 1st Place For Overall Team Performance, 1st Place For Team Performance in Sparring, and Second Overall Team Performance in Forms. Team trophies are determined by overall medal count, 5 points for Gold, 3 points for silver and 1 point for Bronze.

Black Belt Division:

Kaylee Calubaquib—1 Gold Medal(Sparring)
Angelo Delosso-Flocco—1 Gold (Forms), 1 Bronze Medal(Sparring)
Miles Kiffmann —2 Gold Medals
Andrea Thyne —1 Gold Medal (Sparring)
Ciara Thyne —1 Silver Medal (Sparring)
Jessica Thyne —1 Gold Medal (Sparring)
Jordan Soma —1 Bronze Medal (Sparring)

Color Belt Division:

Kohoku Benerides —2 Gold Medals
Jake Bonnell 2– Gold Medals
Dayna Calubaquib —1 Gold (Sparring), 1 Silver Medal(Forms)
Kaylee Calubaquib —1 Silver Medal (Forms)
Camryn Henry —1 Gold(Forms), 1 Silver Medal(Sparring)
Peter Nelson —2 Gold Medals
Isaac Owades —1 Gold Medal(Sparring)
Alicia Schmidthans —2 Silver Medals
Jordan Soma —2 Gold Medals

2007 Karlovac Open, Croatia, May 26, 2007 &
2007 Austrian Open, Innsbruck, Austria, June 2-3, 2007

Miles Kiffmann, black belt and assistant to his parents of Kiffmann Taekwondo, traveled to Europe to compete at the Karlovac Open in Croatia and the Austrian Open in Innsbruck Austria. Miles, age 14 took home the silver at the Croatian Open but was eliminated from the Austrian Open after being defeated by Poland in a controversial 3-4 upset, in which 4 of his headshots (worth 2 points each) were not recorded by Austrian officials.

2007 National Taekwondo Qualifier in Portland, Oregon
April 14-15, 2007

Kiffmann Taekwondo Competitors Receive 7 Medals At National Taekwondo Qualifier

6 athletes from the Kiffmann Taekwondo Competition team flew to Portland, Oregon, to compete at the 2007 National Taekwondo Qualifier in Portland, Oregon. The event is the prelude to the 2007 US Taekwondo Championships.

Black Belt Athlete medalists were: Miles Kiffmann, Bronze Medal; Andrea Thyne, Bronze Medal and Jessica Thyne, Gold Medal.

Color belt medalists were: Angelo Deloso-Flocco, 2 Gold Medals and Isaac Owades, 1 Gold and One Bronze.

Black Belt Division: Hi'i Aiwohi - 1 Silver; Kaylee Calubaquib - 1 Bronze; Jamal Jones - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; U'i Jones - 2 Gold; Miles Kiffmann - 2 Silver; Andrea Thyne - 2 Silver; Ciara Thyne - 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Alicia Schmidthans - 1 Silver; Jessica Thyne - 1 Silver

Color Belt Division: Megan Andres - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; Hi'i Aiwohi - 1 Gold; Alex Ballard - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; Kohoku Benevides - 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Dayna Calubaquib - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze; Kaylee Calubaquib - 2 Gold; Jane Cho - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; Joan Cho - 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Angelo DeLoso Flocco - 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Cammy Henry - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze; Cade Kalehuawehe - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze; Po'ai Keahi - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze; Jaeyok Lee - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; David Lee - 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Desiree McGuire - 1 Silver, Jada McGuire - 1 Silver; Peter Nelson - 2 Gold; Aryanna Peirra - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; Travis Pinheiro - 2 Bronze, Ashley Rodgiquez - 2 Silver, Christian Sialana - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze; Alicia Schmidthans 1 Silver Medal.