| 23rd National Taekwondo Championships | |||||
| Oakland Convention Center | |||||
| Oakland, CA | |||||
| May 7-10, 1997 | |||||
| Gyo-roogi | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| David Montalvo | TX | 1st | Brittany Goellner | TX | |
| Mario Reyes | IL | 2nd | Taryn Roman | NY | |
| Christopher Schmidt | CO | 3rd | Kay Poe | TX | |
| Quintin Eng | CA | 3rd | Marlyn Ortiz | FL | |
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Jason Torres | TX | 1st | Mandy Meloon | LA | |
| David Bartlett | NY | 2nd | Alexandra Jacobs | UT | |
| Michael Tan | CA | 3rd | Melody Rosada | FL | |
| James Stagen | IL | 3rd | Shan-Yuan Ho | MA | |
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Peter H. Kim | OR | 1st | Diana Ciocan | CA | |
| Sang Rowand | WA | 2nd | Kristina Brooks | MD | |
| Craig DeRosa | NY | 3rd | Heather Larsen | MI | |
| Bong Seok Kim | AY | 3rd | Michelle Thompson | NC | |
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| John Eing | CA | 1st | Jennifer Srutowski | CA | |
| Steve Rosbarsky | MT | 2nd | Debra Palazzi | NC | |
| Daren E. Lee | MI | 3rd | Yolanda Bennett | SC | |
| Tony Smith | TX | 3rd | Jenny Malecki | CA | |
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Nick Terstenjak | MT | 1st | Elizabeth A. Evans | WA | |
| Kevin McCullough | CA | 2nd | Kelly Thorpe | OK | |
| David Kang | CA | 3rd | Ani Ahn | IL | |
| James Park | CA | 3rd | Simona Hradil | TX | |
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Nico Davis | CO | 1st | Alisha Williams | RI | |
| Andre Victorian | DC | 2nd | Lory Dance | VA | |
| Alex Casanova | CA | 3rd | Holly Groman | FL | |
| Tim O'Connell | MA | 3rd | Amy Lee | TX | |
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Peter Bardatsos | NY | 1st | Erica Hodge | NV | |
| Sherman Spinks | DC | 2nd | Paige LaRose | WA | |
| Stewart Gill | OH | 3rd | Gayle Larsen | ||
| Paul Nelson | AY | 3rd | Sabrina Desormes | NJ | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| George Weissfisch | TX | 1st | Eryn Redmon | WA | |
| David Wilbur | MA | 2nd | Dora McCarty | OH | |
| Charles Alexander | CO | 3rd | Faith Dougherty | WA | |
| Michael Bennett | AY | 3rd | Daisy Murdoc | TX | |
| Poomse | |||||
| 1st Dan | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| Naveed Ashraf | TX | 1st | Megan German | CA | |
| Daniel Chuang | NY | 2nd | Taryn Roman | NY | |
| Gilbert A. Johnson | OH | 3rd | Linda Chin | ||
| Middle | |||||
| Joseph Boles | OH | 1st | Tawni Olson | CA | |
| Eric G. Fermin | CA | 2nd | Athena Caldwell | OH | |
| Steven Lee | NJ | 3rd | Sanaz Shahbazi | CA | |
| Light Heavy | |||||
| Chris Klicko | GA | 1st | Amy Lee | TX | |
| Chad Smith | AL | 2nd | Holly Groman | FL | |
| James D. Bartholomew | FL | 3rd | Catherine Clinton | OR | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Christopher Zapata | CA | 1st | Aullana Manley | FL | |
| Jerry Graven | AL | 2nd | Rebecca Nally | OR | |
| Mark A. Primus | MN | 3rd | Christina Dawson | CA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Matthew S. Perkins | 1st | Kay Poe | TX | ||
| 2nd | Krystal Shamblin | NV | |||
| Middle | |||||
| Jin W. Suh | NY | 1st | Lori Dvorak | CO | |
| William A. Chin | FL | 2nd | Jessica Nolette | ME | |
| Jose Lugo Jr. | WA | 3rd | |||
| Light Heavy | |||||
| Fred Wendler | IL | 1st | Karen Bowman | IN | |
| Scott J. Lorenz | 2nd | Ann Marie Bingamen | MI | ||
| 3rd | Kelli Dinnison | ||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Tuan D. Pham | OK | 1st | Tulia Badillo | FL | |
| Shaun Wright | AK | 2nd | |||
| John Wesley | 3rd | ||||
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Gary Zee Jr. | NY | 1st | Christa L. Burke | WA | |
| Peter A. Brudnock Jr. | LA | 2nd | Marsha Berry | FL | |
| Michael Tan | CA | 3rd | |||
| Middle | |||||
| Art Gobody | AZ | 1st | Betty M. Keller | AK | |
| Donny L. Rogers | TX | 2nd | Esther Kim | TX | |
| Tom McArdle | FL | 3rd | Isadora Yi | OK | |
| Light Heavy | |||||
| Jinsue Park | FL | 1st | M. Hetty Heller | IL | |
| Clifton Mo | CO | 2nd | Angela Cogar | IL | |
| Ricky Rodriguez | FL | 3rd | Mary Louise Zeller | UT | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Sean Ramey | KY | 1st | no competitors | ||
| David J. Wilbur | MA | 2nd | |||
| Eddie Urbistondo | CA | 3rd | |||
| 4th Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| no competitors | no competitors | ||||
| Middle | |||||
| David A. Keller | AK | 1st | Christina V. Rausch | OH | |
| Rex P. Hatfield | NJ | 2nd | |||
| Light Heavy | |||||
| George Bell | CO | 1st | no competitors | ||
| In Y. Lee | MN | 2nd | |||
| Paul W. Rose | MI | 3rd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Timothy Dunphy | CA | 1st | Kathryn Ellison Smith | IL | |
| Jeffrey Reeder | OK | 2nd | |||
| Eui Y. Lee | MN | ||||
| Creative Poomse | |||||
| 1st & 2nd Dan | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| Joseph Boles | 1st | Elaine Kwon | MA | ||
| Matthew S. Perkins | 2nd | Christina V. Rausch | OH | ||
| 3rd | Sanaz Shahbazi | CA | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Timothy Dunphy | CA | 1st | Karen Bowman | IN | |
| Jared R. Overholtzer | 2nd | Tammy M. Black | |||
| Andre Shorter | TX | 3rd | Sherry D. Seiler | FL | |
| 3rd Dan & above | |||||
| Light | |||||
| no competitors | no competitors | ||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Tuan D. Pham | OK | 1st | M. Hetty Heller | IL | |
| Jeffrey N. Reeder | OK | 2nd | |||
| Mark A. Primus | MN | 3rd | |||
| Breaking | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Francisco Collazo | NJ | 1st | Karen Bowman | IN | |
| Anthony J. Tolbert | IL | 2nd | Courtney Caramanna | ||
| Thomas E. Lynn III | KS | 3rd | Rene Roberts | CA | |
| Senior divisions | |||||
| Gyoroogi | |||||
| Black belt | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Khoa Van Vu | WI | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Darrell Kirkpatrick | WA | 1st | Lisa Zitek | CO | |
| Walter Maddox | GA | 2nd | Priscilla Reese | TX | |
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Mark Williams | NJ | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Tracey Beaupre | OR | 2nd | |||
| Steve Felts | TX | 3rd | |||
| Carlos Reyes-Roman | CA | 3rd | |||
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| John D'Amario | CA | 1st | Melissa Nelke | PA | |
| Pearci Bastiany | CA | 2nd | Leanna Sinopoli | IA | |
| Antonino Leischner | ID | 3rd | |||
| Robert Trent | OK | 3rd | |||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Mark Slane | OH | 1st | Christine Johnson | IN | |
| Robert Gallagher | WY | 2nd | |||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Waleed Yousef | CT | 1st | Cynthia Crowley | NY | |
| Bobby Smith | HI | 2nd | Carol Mikols | CA | |
| Roy Gilbertson | ND | 3rd | |||
| Dave Paige | WA | 3rd | |||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Charles Hudson | TX | 1st | Sharon Sweeney | FL | |
| D. Chris Phillips | WA | 2nd | Michelle Young | WA | |
| Franklin Primm Jr. | TN | 3rd | |||
| Dwayne Williams | NC | 3rd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Mark Alyn | TX | 1st | Gwen Teague | TX | |
| George Duty | TX | 2nd | Lynn Habluetzel | OK | |
| Timothy Krotish | NC | 3rd | |||
| Tim Stolsig | CA | 3rd | |||
| Claude Sullivan | GA | 3rd | |||
| Red | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Bradley McGinnis | TX | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Geoffrey Uy | CA | 2nd | |||
| Stephen Dutcher | FL | 3rd | |||
| Edward Harlamert | IN | 3rd | |||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Robert Smith | NC | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Samuel Bridgers | AK | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Robert Biles | CO | 2nd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Michael Eisenberg | PA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Lonnie Gary | AZ | 2nd | |||
| Blue | |||||
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | Macie Walker | OR | ||
| 2nd | Jimmie Rice | NC | |||
| Feather | |||||
| Kevin Ciparro | HI | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Kesler Trulove III | IN | 2nd | |||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Tony Burtt | WA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| George Martinez | CA | 2nd | |||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Dennis Fagen | WA | 1st | Tracy Stein | WA | |
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| James Yanno | PA | 1st | Nancy Lewine | PA | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Aaron Andrews | HI | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Ron Richardson | TX | 2nd | |||
| Eric Bretthauer | HI | 3rd | |||
| Mitchell Stein | WA | 3rd | |||
| Poomse | |||||
| Blue | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| no competitors | 1st | Macie Walker | IN | ||
| Heavy | |||||
| Mitchell Stein | WA | 1st | Nancy Lewine | PA | |
| Tony Burtt | WA | 2nd | Tracy Stein | WA | |
| Dennis Fagen | WA | 3rd | |||
| Red | |||||
| Light | |||||
| no competitors | no competitors | ||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Lonnie Gary | AZ | 1st | Carolyn Dean | MI | |
| Edward Harlamert | IN | 2nd | |||
| Robert Smith | NC | 3rd | |||
| Robert Biles | CO | 3rd | |||
| 1st Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Sergio Alvarado | CA | 1st | Priscilla Reese | TX | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Antonino Leischner | ID | 1st | Cynthia Crowley | NY | |
| Jose Saporta | 2nd | Carol Mikols | CA | ||
| Jack Boychuk | TX | 3rd | Leanna Sinopoli | IA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Steve Felts | TX | 1st | Kimberly Meredith | CO | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Mark Alyn | TX | 1st | Melissa Nelke | PA | |
| Jay Ferguson | MA | 2nd | |||
| Luis Santiago | CT | 3rd | |||
| Dave Paige | WA | 3rd | |||
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Light | no competitors | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | ||||
| 2nd | |||||
| 3rd | |||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Robert Gallagher | WY | 1st | M. Hetty Heller | IN | |
| Tim Stolsig | CA | 2nd | |||
| Darrell Trudo | OH | 3rd | |||
| 4th Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Khoa Van Vu | WI | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Darrell Kirkpatrick | WA | 2nd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Anthony Gordon | OR | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Larry D'Alessio | WV | 2nd | |||
| Roy Gilbertson | ND | 3rd | |||
| Executive Seniors | |||||
| Gyoroogi | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Shawn Greer | TX | 1st | Sharon Fields | WA | |
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Cesar Paet | HI | 1st | Sandra Collins | VA | |
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Gerald Wynn | IL | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Cyrus Ghaderi | NY | 2nd | |||
| Kenneth Bambico | HI | 3rd | |||
| David Kalanoc | IN | 3rd | |||
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Jeff Murken | IA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Stephen Demerath | WI | 2nd | |||
| Craig Morrison | AK | 3rd | |||
| Terrence Sullivan | IN | 3rd | |||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Frederick Lee | FL | 1st | Marilyn West | WA | |
| James Evans | CA | 2nd | Mary Galloway | IN | |
| William Carroll Jr. | NJ | 3rd | Lynn Chun | WA | |
| Bob Levey | CO | 3rd | |||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Vincent Sinclair | NY | 1st | Mary Louise Zeller | UT | |
| James D. Andrews | NC | 2nd | |||
| James Gaines | TX | 3rd | |||
| Marco Molgado | IL | 3rd | |||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| John Waldrop | TX | 1st | Sally Smith | IA | |
| John Knight | NC | 2nd | Linda Caudle | NC | |
| Tom Major Jr. | FL | 3rd | Dot Carone | WA | |
| Bill Miller | MT | 3rd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Joey Mackie | TX | 1st | Kathy Butler | OR | |
| Mark Rodman | IN | 2nd | Kathryn Ellison Smith | IN | |
| Robert L. Martin | NC | 3rd | Kaerdi McGovern | FL | |
| David Roberts | MN | 3rd | |||
| Red | |||||
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | Yu=Ping Pang | WA | ||
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Timothy Smith | NC | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Dewey Wagner | AZ | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Bruce Feldman | PA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Greg Dunn | MN | 1st | Sheila Carpenter | CA | |
| Walter Aikens | NC | 2nd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Raymond Brown | OR | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Peter Giannini | AK | 2nd | |||
| Blue | |||||
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Gary Davis | CO | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Ralph Deconti | PA | 2nd | |||
| Alan Boyles | NC | 3rd | |||
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | Lydia Andrews | HI | ||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | Nancy Christensen | UT | ||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| no competitors | 1st | Dona Lockyer | AK | ||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Paul Joyce | CA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Levern Allen Jr. | NC | 2nd | |||
| Fagg Nowlan | NC | 3rd | |||
| Poomse | |||||
| 1st Dan | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| Cyrus Ghaderi | NY | 1st | Sharon Fields | WA | |
| Shawn Greer | TX | 2nd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Barry Gauch | VA | 1st | Marilyn West | WA | |
| Robert Zyskowsky | WA | 2nd | Kaerdi McGovern | FL | |
| Frederick Lee | FL | 3rd | Lynn Chun | WA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| Fred Nail | OR | 1st | Sandra Collins | VA | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Keith Meredith | CO | 1st | Mary Galloway | IN | |
| John Waldrop | TX | 2nd | |||
| John Knight | NC | 3rd | |||
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Light | |||||
| David Kalanoc | IN | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Heavy | |||||
| Robert L. Martin | NC | 1st | Mary Louise Zeller | UT | |
| James D. Andrews | NC | 2nd | |||
| Richard Sacks | TX | 3rd | |||
| 4th Dan | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| no competitors | no competitors | ||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Timothy Dunphy | CA | 1st | Kathryn Ellison Smith | IN | |
| Gerald Wynn | IL | 2nd | |||
| Jerry Galloway | IN | 3rd | |||
| Red | |||||
| Light | |||||
| no competitors | 1st | Yu-Ping Pang | WA | ||
| 2nd | Mary Watkins | IN | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Timothy Smith | NC | 1st | Sheila Carpenter | CA | |
| Dewey Wagner | AZ | 2nd | |||
| Walter Aikens | NC | 3rd | |||
| Blue | |||||
| Men | Light | Women | |||
| no competitors | no competitors | ||||
| Heavy | |||||
| Gary David | CO | 1st | Hope Etheridge | CT | |
| Ralph Deconti | PA | 2nd | Dona Lockyer | AK | |
| Alan Boyles | NC | 3rd | Lydia Andrews | HI | |