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Pai Yun-yiao ( Chinese: 白允瑤; pinyin: Bái Yǔnyáo; born 14 March 1969), also known as Elva Adams, is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. [1]
Pai was born in Taipei, Taiwan on March 14, 1969. [1] [2] She began training in taekwondo when she was 13 years old under coach Raymond Hsu. [1] After two years, she earned her black belt and soon started competing in international tournaments representing Chinese Taipei. [1]
In the early 1990s, Pai moved to the United States and attended University of Texas at San Antonio using the money she had earned from winning taekwondo competitions. [1] She graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. [1]
Pai won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Taekwondo Championships. [3] She won a gold medal in flyweight at the 1987 World Taekwondo Championships in Barcelona. Pai won a bronze medal in women's flyweight at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, where taekwondo debuted at the Olympics as a demonstration sport. [3] [4] She won a silver medal at the 1989 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Won Sun-jin in the final. [2]
As of 2016, Pai works as vice president of business banking at Wells Fargo. [1] [3] She remains active in the international taekwondo community as a referee, coach, and poomsae competitor. At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the first female international referee from the United States to officiate taekwondo. [3] She currently serves as an international referee for World Taekwondo. [5] She coached the United States women's taekwondo team at the 2014 World Taekwondo Championships in Mexico, where they won bronze. [3] In 2016, she won the silver medal for Woman's Team Over 30 at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Lima, Peru. [3] In February 2024, Pai was appointed president of Kombat Taekwondo's central United States region. [5]
Pai is a naturalized American citizen. [3] She resides in San Antonio, Texas. [3]
Pai married her coach, Raymond Hsu, at age 17. [3] They have since separated. [3] As of 2016, Pai's romantic partner is Team USA Taekwondo coach Brian Singer. [3]
Pai has two children. [3]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Meet a Roadrunner: Elva Adams '95 is an Olympic Taekwondo Champion". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b "Pai, Yun-yiao". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "[World Taekwondo] Elva Pai Adams: Taekwondo - 360 Degrees". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Olympedia – Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b "Elva Adams appointed president of Kombat Taekwondo USA Central Region". MASTKD. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- Pai Yun-Yiao at TaekwondoData.com
- Pai Yun-Yiao at Olympedia
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- Olympic medalists for Taiwan
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
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| Nationality | Taiwanese | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1969 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pai Yun-yiao ( Chinese: 白允瑤; pinyin: Bái Yǔnyáo; born 14 March 1969), also known as Elva Adams, is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. [1]
Pai was born in Taipei, Taiwan on March 14, 1969. [1] [2] She began training in taekwondo when she was 13 years old under coach Raymond Hsu. [1] After two years, she earned her black belt and soon started competing in international tournaments representing Chinese Taipei. [1]
In the early 1990s, Pai moved to the United States and attended University of Texas at San Antonio using the money she had earned from winning taekwondo competitions. [1] She graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. [1]
Pai won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Taekwondo Championships. [3] She won a gold medal in flyweight at the 1987 World Taekwondo Championships in Barcelona. Pai won a bronze medal in women's flyweight at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, where taekwondo debuted at the Olympics as a demonstration sport. [3] [4] She won a silver medal at the 1989 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Won Sun-jin in the final. [2]
As of 2016, Pai works as vice president of business banking at Wells Fargo. [1] [3] She remains active in the international taekwondo community as a referee, coach, and poomsae competitor. At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the first female international referee from the United States to officiate taekwondo. [3] She currently serves as an international referee for World Taekwondo. [5] She coached the United States women's taekwondo team at the 2014 World Taekwondo Championships in Mexico, where they won bronze. [3] In 2016, she won the silver medal for Woman's Team Over 30 at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Lima, Peru. [3] In February 2024, Pai was appointed president of Kombat Taekwondo's central United States region. [5]
Pai is a naturalized American citizen. [3] She resides in San Antonio, Texas. [3]
Pai married her coach, Raymond Hsu, at age 17. [3] They have since separated. [3] As of 2016, Pai's romantic partner is Team USA Taekwondo coach Brian Singer. [3]
Pai has two children. [3]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Meet a Roadrunner: Elva Adams '95 is an Olympic Taekwondo Champion". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b "Pai, Yun-yiao". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "[World Taekwondo] Elva Pai Adams: Taekwondo - 360 Degrees". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Olympedia – Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b "Elva Adams appointed president of Kombat Taekwondo USA Central Region". MASTKD. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- Pai Yun-Yiao at TaekwondoData.com
- Pai Yun-Yiao at Olympedia
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| This biographical article relating to a Taiwanese sportsperson is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Taiwanese female taekwondo practitioners
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Taiwanese women
- Taiwanese sportspeople stubs
- Female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic medalists for Taiwan
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo