Passionate about archery and karate. Working towards her brown belt in karate while ramping up training in archery.
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What is Youth Athlete of the Year?
Learn MoreI love the friendships that I have in karate and archery. In karate I like to train to be stronger and improve focus. My training in karate directly affects my archery training adding more attention to detail and strength. For fun I love to ski and snowboard. Alternating between them allows me to be adaptable and forces me to practice shifting focus.
My archery coaches are always supportive, helpful and encouraging and my karate sensi pushes me to be strong in my mind and body. My friends inspire me to train hard and love my sports. My brother loves sports too and he inspires me to do my best.
In my last karate competition I performed one of my best katas (and I had only just learned the kata). My score was better than other competitors who were of a higher level (belt colour), and had been practicing that kata for much longer than I. I earned a gold medal!
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