Taekwondo black belt Natalie Fox has a new medal for the trophy case after competing in the North American and Caribbean championships in Richmond last week.
The Port Coquitlam athlete bested the competition in the senior female 56 kg sparring division, besting the competition on her way to a first-place showing.
She was not the only Triumph Taekwondo athlete to make a trip to the podium last weekend.
Nik Zaitsev, another PoCo black belt, took silver in both the junior male third dan patterns competition and junior male 75 kg sparring division, while Owen Deo took silver in the pre-junior middle weight sparring division.
Some of Triumph’s colour belt competitors also got in on the medal action.
Jonathon Thom, Sophia Stalone and Cody Simmons all had double gold performances, taking medals in both sparring and patterns.
Meanwhile, John Tomczyk, Daniel Vakili, James Van Der Mark, James Wang, Elena Stalone, Stephanie Sauer, Cameron Markel, Michael Lane, Shelby Kierstead, Jake Gigliotti, Eric Colombo, Olivia Colombo and Denis Albu all took gold in sparring.
Ethan Cheung and Liz Kim took gold medals in patterns. The competition took place at the Richmond oval last week.
