How to train with the national team in Mexico City and to study at the same time college in Guadalajara 500km away?
You’ll discover it in this interview with a top taekwondo athlete.
Carlos Ayala @carlos. ayala.yee is a former taekwondo Mexico National Team taekwondo athlete.
His story is of perfectionism and constant challenge.
He represented Mexico not only in Taekwondo but also in football (soccer).
At 18, being a new young member of the taekwondo national team he went to his first international competition: the 1993 New York City World Championships at the Madison Square Garden.
And he won a bronze medal.
Two years later he would be Pan Am Games champion in Mar del Plata 1995.
And he was part of the first national team in the world to beat Corea in a world tournament (1996 Rio de Janeiro World Cup).
He now is director in a global firm. He also shared with us how elite level taekwondo training experience and his like for challenges has helped him in the corporate world.
Please enjoy the interview with Carlos Ayala, a real taekwondo passionate lover.
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