From: American Martial Arts
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Where: Toledo, Ohio

Toledo Martial Artists win Gold Medals in World Championships

A victory celebration will be held in honor of two Toledo residents who won Gold Medals at a World Martial Arts Championship held in Dublin, Ireland.

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A victory celebration will be held in honor of two Toledo residents who won Gold Medals at a World Martial Arts Championship held in Dublin, Ireland. Toledo, Ohio November 12, 2009 -- Toledo born and raised Brandon Allen and Hannah Wagner received Gold medals at the World Kickboxing & Karate Council World Championships held in Dublin, Ireland November 1 – November 4, 2009. While neither Allen nor Wagner is a stranger to tough competition on the local, regional, or national level, this is the first world level championships for both martial artists. Allen will come home to Toledo with 2 Gold medals and 1 Silver medal while Wagner will make it back to the Glass City with 1 Gold medal. Allen and Wagner trained vigorously over the past few months preparing to compete alongside fellow members of the hand-picked Team USA. Both dedicated countless hours working out and perfecting their skills at their dojo, American Martial Arts in South Toledo, where Allen teaches with his family. Allen and Wagner competed amongst martial artists from countries including but not limited to Canada, England, Italy, N. Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and Belgium. A victory celebration has been planned in honor of Gold Medalists Allen and Wagner on Friday, November 6, 2009. It will be held at their “home away from home”, American Martial Arts located at 4400-8 Heatherdowns Blvd. at 6 p.m. with the Guests of Honor scheduled to arrive at 6:30 p.m. Contact:Lisa Halsey, Special Events Coordinator
American Martial Arts
Office: 419.385.KICK
Cell: 419.351.9064
E-mail: lhalsey@bex.net###