Cornelia Torres
Nickname: "Cora"
Height: 5-3
Weight: 136 pounds
Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.
Residence: Inverness, Ill.
High School: Fremd H.S. '09
Coach: Master Luciano Medina
Dojang: Champion Taekwondo
Plans on attending Harper Jr. College in Palatine, Ill....loves being with friends and making people laugh...also enjoys woodworking and creating useful things out of wood, like bowls, pens and boxes...likes school because of her teachers, Mr. Spoor and Mrs. Hill...favorite food is ice cream or sherbert...after weigh-ins she eats everything and anything, but the night before a competition she always eats her lucky Flaming Hots...favorite athlete is Nedra Medina...favorite movie is "The Notebook"...listens to rock & roll...lists Mexico as her favorite country visited for competition.
Competition Record:
2012 Olympic Trials - Phase 7 (-67kg): 5th
2011 USAT National Championships (Welter): BRONZE
2010 2011 Pan Am Games Team Trials (Light/Welter): 3rd
2010 USAT National Championships (Welter): SILVER
2010 U-24 National Team Member (Welter)
2010 U-24 National Team Trials (Welter): 1st
2009 Toronto Open (Olympic Welter): SILVER
2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Light): 3rd
2009 National Team Qualifier (Light): 2nd
2008 USAT Nationals: GOLD
2007 U.S. Open: BRONZE
2006 AAU Nationals (Juniors): GOLD
2005 USAT Junior Olympics: BRONZE
last updated 1/24/12
