HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETE

WILLIAM TAM

WILLIAM TAM

3rd DAN BLACK BELT
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPETITOR
Provincial Referee Class 2 (British Columbia Taekwondo Federation)
5 Time National Champion – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 
Team Canada National Team Member 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021

LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS 

Total Medals: 17 Gold 6 Silver
2020 Korean Ambassador’s Cup Poomsae Championships
2020 Korean Consul General Cup Online Taekwondo Championships
2019 Korean Consul General Cup
2017 11th International Taekwondo H.K. Association Invitational Championship for Children and Youth, Hong Kong
2017 KaohSiung International Taekwondo Championships, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 BC Open Taekwondo Championships
2016 North West Martial Arts Festival, Portland, USA
2015-2017, 2020 US World Open Taekwondo Championships, Portland, USA
2014-2017 BC Taekwondo Championships
2014-2016 Taekwondo Master’s Cup

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 

National Championships

2021 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Online Live via Zoom, Gold (Team Poomsae)
2021 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Online Live via Zoom, Bronze (Individual Poomsae)
2020 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Laval, Quebec, Gold (Individual Poomsae)
2019 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Quebec City, Quebec, Silver (Team Poomsae)
2019 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Quebec City, Quebec, Bronze (Individual Poomsae)
2018 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Ottawa, Ontario, Gold (Team Poomsae)
2017 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Calgary, Alberta, Gold (Individual Poomsae) 
2016 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Calgary, Alberta, Gold (Individual Poomsae) 
2016 Canadian National Taekwondo Championships, Calgary, Alberta, Silver (Pair Poomsae)
International Championships
2021 4th Lents Taekwondo Worldwide Sports Online Poomsae Open, Denmark, Silver (Team Poomsae)
2021 4th Lents Taekwondo Worldwide Sports Online Poomsae Open, 5th Place (Individual Poomsae)
2021 World Taekwondo Online Open Poomsae Challenge I, Korea, SemiFinalist
2020 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, Herning Denmark (Cancelled), Team Canada
2020 1st Oceania Online Open, Australia, 8th Place
2020 1st Lents Taekwondo Worldwide Sports Online Poomsae Open, Denmark, 7th Place
2020 WTPA Online Test Event 2, 5th Place
2020 Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, ZOom, SemiFinalist
2020 Pan Am Official Poomsae Championships, Zoom, Bronze (Individual Poomsae), Team Canada

2019 World Taekwondo President’s Cup, Las Vegas, USA, Silver (Team Poomsae)

2018 Pan Am Open Taekwondo Championships, Spokane, USA, Bronze (Individual Poomsae)

2018 Canada Open Taekwondo Championships, Richmond, Canada, Bronze (Team Poomsae)

2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, Taipei, Taiwan, Team Canada
2017 Pan Am Cadet and Junior Poomsae and Kyorugi Championships, San Jose, Costa Rica, Team Canada

2016 World Taekwondo President’s Cup, Portland, USA, Silver (Pair Poomsae)