Student Profile: Nikola Kliza

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Favourite things about taekwondo:
Patterns and going to tournaments.

Benefits of taekwondo:
Making new friends and learning self defence.

Future taekwondo goals:
Black Belt.

Career highlights:
Winning five medals in my first year of doing taekwondo.

Awards:

North West Spirit TKD Annual Student Awards:
2019 – Best Junior Female Competitor (1st place)
2018 – Best Junior Female Competitor (2nd place)
2018 – Best Newcomer

Recent tournament results:

2020 PUMA International Open	BRONZE Patterns SILVER Sparring
2019 GTI British Open	GOLD Patterns BRONZE Sparring
2019 World ITF Taekwondo Championships	GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns
2019 BUTL UK Open	GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns
2019 ITC Open Championships	SILVER Patterns BRONZE Point Sparring BRONZE Continuous Sparring
2019 ITF HQ Wales National Championships	SILVER Sparring
2019 ITC/GBTF Northern Open	SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns
2019 NWTKD North West Open	SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring
2019 GTI English Open	GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring
2018 ITF Union European Cup	BRONZE Sparring
2018 BUTL UK Open Championships	SILVER Sparring
2018 GTI National Open	BRONZE Sparring
2018 GTI North West Open	BRONZE Sparring GOLD Tag Team Sparring