Chavela Aaron: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American taekwondo and karate practitioner}}

”’Chavela Aaron”’ is a former international competitor in taekwondo and karate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920531-1992-05-31-9205310211-story.html|title=TAEKWONDO CHAMP NOT CHASING GOLD|first=Warner|last=Hessler|website=dailypress.com}}</ref><ref name=”point” >{{cite web | website=PointFighterLive| url=https://pointfighter.live/sport-karate-rankings| title=Sport Karate Rankings| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref> She was a top ranked point fighter in karate winning the Diamond Nationals in 1988 and 1989.<ref name=”diamond” >{{cite web | website=DiamondNationals| url=https://diamondnationals.com/womens-sparring| title=Women’s Sparring| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref><ref name=”sport” >{{cite web|website=SportKarateLegends| url=https://sportkaratelegends.com/?page_id=162|title=Diamond Nationals| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref> She earned silver in the 1991 [[World Taekwondo Championships]] in the middleweight division,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/|title=TaekwondoData|website=TaekwondoData}}</ref><ref name=”princeton5″ >{{cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jlogan/TKD/World-championships/1991-World-Champs.htm| title=1991 World Taekwondo Championships| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref> and took 3rd at the US Olympic Festival in the middleweight division.<ref name=”princeton2″ >{{cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jlogan/TKD/US-Olympic-files/1991-US-Olympic-Festival.htm| title=11th US Olympic Festival| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref> In 1992 she took 1st at the National Taekwondo Championships in the welterweight division, defeating [[Danielle Laney]] in the finals,<ref name=”princeton3″ >{{cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jlogan/TKD/US-Nationals-Senior-files/1992-Sr.-National-black-belt-results.htm| title=18th National Taekwondo Championships| accessdate=30 October 2025}}</ref> and competed in the 1992 US Olympic trials and other taekwondo competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9s8DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Chavela+Aaron%22&pg=PA21|title=Black Belt|date=September 22, 1992|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1994 she took 1st at the US National Taekwondo Championship.<ref name=”princeton6″ >{{cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jlogan/TKD/National-champions-list.htm

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