• Home:  Danville, California
  • Birthday:  April 21, 1994

Nicknames: "Killer" & "Hustle and Flo"
Height: 5-3
Weight: 99 pounds
Birthplace: San Ramon, Calif.
High School: Monte Vista (Alamo, Calif.)
Coach: Dave Pelham
Dojang: Velocity Taekwondo/Progression Team 

Also competes in basketball, soccer, volleyball and track...hobbies include shoehead, hanging with friends, listening to music, traveling, video games, drawing and any kind of sports...favorite foods are sushi, noodles, seafood and Asian cuisine...eats the hotel breakfasts before a competition...favorite athletes are Danielle Pelham, James Moontasri, the guys from Velocity and the guys from Oahu Taekwondo Center...listens to hip hop and R&B.

Did You Know?: Kiana is half Japanese and half Chinese....she has straight A's in school...started out in poomse, creative forms and weapons, and hated sparring, but now she loves to spar...she models and was on the cover of the Vision catalog.

Quotable Kiana Lo: "I would like to give special thanks to my parents, the Progression Team -- Dave Pelham, Brian McCutcheon, Jason Poos, Scott Fujii, Luis and Manuel Reyes and Jason Alvelais, John Drath and all my former teammates." 

Competition Record:

2010  Junior World Team Trials (Jr. Light): 4th

2009  Junior World Championships Team Trials Open Qualifier (Jr. Light): 1st
2009  Youth Olympic Games Team Trials (49-55kg): 4th
2009  Colorado Springs National Qualifier (Fly): GOLD
2009  Colorado Springs National Qualifier (Jr. Feather): GOLD
2009  U.S. National Team Trials (Fin): 2nd
2009  Dutch Open (Jr. Feather): BRONZE
2009  U.S. Open (Jr. Feather): GOLD
2009  National Team Qualifier (Fin): 3rd

2008  Toronto Open (Junior Feather): GOLD
2008  U.S. Junior National Team Member (Jr. Bantam)
2008  Junior Olympics (Jr. Bantam): GOLD
2008  U.S. Open (Jr. Bantam): GOLD
2008  World Jr. Championships Open (Jr. Bantam): 3rd

2007  Junior Olympics: GOLD
2007  Junior Olympics (Poomse): GOLD
2007  AAU Team Trials (Jr. Fly): 2nd
2007  AAU National Championships (Jr. Fly): GOLD
2007  Portland National Qualifier: GOLD

2006  U.S. Open: SILVER
2006  Junior Olympics: BRONZE
2006  Junior Olympics (Poomse): GOLD
2006  Portland National Qualifier: GOLD

2005  San Jose National Qualifier: GOLD
2005  Junior Olympics (Poomse): SILVER

2004  Junior Olympics: BRONZE
2004  Junior Olympics (Poomse): GOLD

2003  Junior Olympics (Poomse): GOLD

last updated 1/25/10