John Fonseca

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John Fonseca
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Born (1975-12-28) December 28, 1975 (age 48)
Chicago, United States
Style Shotokan Karate
Websitejohnfonseca.com
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Sun City Kumite open
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Monterry Kumite −80 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Manitoba, Canada Kumite −80 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Kumite −80 kg

John Fonseca is a former American karateka most known for being the first karate athlete in the world to win repeat gold medals at the Pan American Games, first American to medal at the Karate World Championships in almost 16 years (kumite), [1] [2] and first American to win the Paris Open in more than 30 years.

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Karate & Other Martial Arts

Fonseca currently holds a sixth degree black belt in Shotokan karate and black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Taekwondo. Fonseca started Karate at age six in Long Island, New York at Falco’s Karate School, and began competing nationally at seven. He relocated to Chicago with his family at age 10 and continued training and competition with the Illinois Shotokan Karate Clubs. At age 15 Fonseca represented Team USA as a junior, competing in International competitions under WUKO (World Union of Karate Organization) which later became WKF (World Karate Federation). At age 18 he joined the senior US Team and competed in his first World Championship in Malaysia. In 1996, Fonseca won a bronze medal in the open weight kumite category at the WKF World Championships in Sun City, South Africa, a feat he repeated in 2004 in the -80kg kumite division at the WKF World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico. Fonseca was USA Team captain from 2000-2008 and continued his karate training under the coaching of Jack Pressman, James Blann, Tokey Hill, Jo Mirza, and Seiji Nishimura. Fonseca also studied Taekwondo under William Lee and Dae Sung Lee at K.H. Kim’s Taekwondo from 1998-2003 and Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Adem and Eddie Redzovic at Team Redzovic in Chicago from 2003-present day.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ elisa000002, Community Contributor. "LOCAL KARATE DOJO BRINGS HOME 42 MEDALS AT INTERNATIONAL KARATE TOURNAMENTS IN LAS VEGAS". Chicago Tribune.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "International Competition History". USA Karate. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016.
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