'It’s super-exciting and I’m going to show Canada proud.”
The 18-year-old Family Taekwon-Do member from Prince George is one of three British Columbians who made the cut for the 41-member national team and is on the list to compete in sparring at the International Taekwon-Do Federation world championships Sept. 4-10 in Tampere, Finland.
Hamel placed second at the national championships in Vernon in May and impressed a panel of coaches at the national team selection camp in Regina in late June. The Prince George Secondary School graduate has been named captain of the 17-member junior team. Hamel achieved black belt status along with her mother Nicole in 2021 and did not place in the medals this year at either the provincial or Western Canadian championships. But her silver medal in the 50-55 kg weight class at nationals led to the national team tryout.
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