World Championship Highlights:

2022 Goyang Korea Taekwondo World Championships 2022: Bronze Team

2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Taipei Taiwan: Cadet Pairs - Top 5 Finalist

Career Highlights

Dominant International Female Athlete (2023 )
7x USA National Team Member (2018 – Present)
2x World Champion Medalist (2020, 2022)
1x World Cup Gold Medalist (2019)
5x Pan American Champion Medalist ( 2019- Present)
6x US Open Medalist (2016- 2020 , 2023)
2x AAU National Team Member ( 2020, 2021)
2x ATU National Team Member (2021, 2023)
2023 US A National Team Captain Taekwondo
2017 Best Female Athlete of the Year

2023 Grand Prix Finals: Gold - Junior Pairs, Gold - Junior Female Team, Bronze - Junior Individuals

2023 Gangwon-Chuncheon World Taekwondo Beach Championships · G2: Gold - Recognized Individual, Gold - Recognized Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2023 Kimunyong Cup International Open Taekwondo Championships - G1 Muju Taekwondowon, Muju, Korea: Gold - Junior Pairs, Gold- Junior Female Team

2023 National Championship: Gold - Individual, Silver - Female Junior Team

2023 Costa Rica Taekwondo Open Championship G2: Silver - Individual, Silver - Junior Pairs

2023 ATU National Championship: Gold - Individual, Gold - Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2023 New Jersey District Championship: Gold - Recognized Junior Female Individual, Gold - Recognized Pairs Junior Freestyle w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2023 U.S. Grand Prix East: Gold - Junior Female Team, Gold - Junior Pairs ,Gold - Junior Freestyle Pairs, Bronze - Junior Female Individual

USA National Team (Team USA): 2023 The Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) Cadet and Junior Pan American Championships - Dominican Republic: Bronze - Junior Female Individual, Silver - Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

The Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) 2023 Cadet and Junor Pan American Championships - Dominican Republic Open: Bronze - Junior Individual, Gold - Junior Pairs

2023 US Open Taekwondo Championships: Gold - Junior Female Individual, Bronze - Junior Female Team

USA National Team (Team USA): 2023 Pan Am Series Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica: Gold - Junior Female Individual, Silver - Junior Female Team

2023 U.S. Team Trial - Oklahoma City, OK: Gold - Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2023 U.S Pan Am Games Qualifier Team Trial: Alternate - Freestyle Senior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2022 U.S. Grand Slam - Poomsae: Gold - Junior Pairs, Silver - Junior Female Team

2022 U.S. Grand Prix Final: Silver - Junior Female Team, Junior - Female Individual Top 8 Finalist

2022 WT President's Cup Pan American Region: Bronze - Individual, Gold - Junior Pairs

2022 USA Taekwondo National Championships: Gold - Female Team, Bronze - Junior Pairs

2022 Junior and Cadet Taekwondo Championships Pan American Junior: Gold- Female Team

2022 Junior and Cadet Taekwondo Championships Pan American Junior Open: Silver - Junior Female Team

2022 USATKD East Grand Prix: Gold - Junior Female Team, Junior - Female Individuals Finalist

2022 Pan Am Series 1 - Fort Worth, TX G2 Team Trials: Gold - Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2022 Pan Am Series 1 Open: Gold- Female Junior Team, Junior - Female Individuals Finalist

USA National Team: Goyang Korea 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships: Bronze - Female Junior Team

USA National Team: 2022 Pan American Online Poomsae Championship: Gold - Female Team

2021 USATKD National Championships: Gold- Junior Female Team,Gold - Junior Pairs, Recognized Junior Female Individuals Top 8 Finalist

2021 USATKD Grand Prix - East: Gold - Junior Pairs w/Eric Sunghyun Gun

2021 USATKD Grand Prix - West: Gold - Junior Female Team

2020 USA National Poomsae Team- 2020 Pan Am Online Poomsae Championships: Gold - Cadet Female Team w/Yuna Peyton Kim and Lana Moraleda

2020 USATKD National Championships: Gold - Cadet Female Team, Gold - Cadet Pairs, Recognized Cadet Individuals Finalist

USA National Team: World Taekwondo Poomsae Denmark - Herning

2020 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

2020 Online World Poomsae Championships: Bronze - Recognized Female Cadet Individuals

2020 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships WT G2: Gold - Cadet Female Team, Silver - Cadet Pairs

2020 Poomsae Grand Slam USATKD: Gold - Cadet Female Team, Alternate - Cadet Pairs

2019 WT President's Cup - Pan America Region: Gold - Female Cadet Individual, Silver - Cadet Pairs

World Cup Team 1st World Cup Wuxi 2019 World Taekwondo World Cup Poomsae Championships: Gold - Female Cadet Team, Bronze - Cadet Pairs

2019 USATKD National Championships - MN: Gold - Female Cadet Team, Bronze - Cadet Pairs

2019 Pan Am Cadet and Junior Taekwondo Championships: Gold - Cadet Female Team

2019 Pan Am Open Taekwondo Championships: Gold - Cadet Female Team, Silver - Cadet Female Individual

2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships - Taipei Taiwan: Cadet Mixed Pairs Top 5 Finalist w/Sergio Paez

2018 President's Cup: Gold - Female Cadet Individual, Gold - Cadet Female Team, Gold - Cadet Pairs Gold

2018 Recognized Cadet Pairs National Team Member with Sergio Paez

2018 World Taekwondo President's Cup: Gold - Cadet Pairs, Gold - Cadet Female Team, Silver - Cadet Individual

2018 USATKD National Championships: Gold - Cadet Pair w/Sergio Paez, Gold - Cadet Female Team, Bronze - Bronze Under 17 Freestyle Team w/Ester Jo, Kyle Tanimura, Andrew Hwang and Gabriel Mora.

2018 National Qualifier (CA State Championship): Gold-Cadet Individual, Silver - Cadet Pairs, Bronze - Cadet Team

2018 U.S. Open: Bronze - Cadet Female

2017 USATKD National Championships: Silver - 10-11 Youth Black Belt Individual

2017 National Qualifier (CA State Championship): Silver - 10-11 Youth Black Belt Individual

2017 U.S. Open: Gold -10-11 Youth Pair Black Belt w/Shawn Seo, Silver - 10-11 Youth Black Belt Individual

2017 Best Female Athlete of the Year

2016 USATKD National Championship: Silver - 10-11 Black Belt Individual

2016 National Qualifier (CA State Championship): Gold - Youth 10-11 Fin Black Belt Sparring, Silver - Recognized Youth 10-11 Black Belt Individual Poomsae

2016 U.S. Open: Gold - Youth Black Belt pair with Shawn Seo, Bronze - Youth 10-11 Black Belt Individual

2015 National Qualifier (CA State Championship): Gold - 8-9 Black Belt Individual Poomsae, Gold - 8-9 Sparring Fin

Personal Information

Favorite Non-Taekwondo Athlete: Alexandra Trusova (Russian figure skater)

Favorite food: KBBQ & Cajun Seafood

Favorite music: Bad Blood by Taylor wift, Love, Maybe by Secret Number

Quote: "Your self worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are." - Beyonce

Proudest moment in Taekwondo: Making it to Worlds

AHMAYA MERLETT

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