Chavela Aaron is a former international competitor in taekwondo and karate from Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] She was a top ranked point fighter in karate winning the Diamond Nationals in 1988 and 1989.[4][5] In 1991 she took 1st at the US National Taekwondo Team Trials,[6] earned silver in the 1991 World Taekwondo Championships in the middleweight division,[7][8] took 3rd at the US Olympic Festival in the middleweight division,[9] and 3rd at the National Taekwondo Championships.[10] In 1992 she took 1st at the National Taekwondo Championships in the welterweight division, defeating Danielle Laney in the finals,[11] and took 4th at the US Olympic & PanAm Team Trials in the welterweight division,[12] In 1994 she took 1st at the US National Taekwondo Championship.[13][14] and the US Olympic Festival.[15]
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- ^ "20th US National Taekwondo Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "1994 US Olympic Festival". Retrieved 30 October 2025.