The Master Instructor of Han Lee’s Taekwondo Academy is Grandmaster Han Won Lee, a 7th degree Black Belt and 35 year veteran of Taekwondo.

As one of the most successful coaches of the USA National Taekwondo Team, Grandmaster Lee has earned international recognition for his Taekwondo skills and teaching methods. He was the head coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 1993 to 2003 and also coached the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

Grand Master Lee was on the USA National Team for 8 years and competed in the 1988, and 1992 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the 1988 Olympic Games. Master Lee was named as a U.S. Olympic Committee athlete of the year in 1986 and named as a USA National Coach of the year in 1996 by the U.S. Olympic Committee. In 1996 Master Lee chose Castle Rock to teach Taekwondo out of respect for his former Olympic Coach. His former coach has Taekwondo schools in Colorado Springs and he didn’t want to compete against him.  Master Lee started teaching at Rock Ridge elementary with 20 students and 12 years later Han Lee’s Taekwondo Academy is one of the largest schools in Colorado serving over 450 students.

Grandmaster Lee is married to the love of his life Chang Mi, Sahng Eun and Sang Won. The Entire family practices Taekwondo as a family activity.

 

Competition Biography

   1988, 1992 Olympian (1988 Bronze, 1992 Team Captain)

   1983 World University Championship (Bronze)

   1984 Pan Am Games (Gold)

   1985 U.S. Olympic Festival (Gold)

   1986 World Cup (Silver)

   1986 US Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year

   1987 U.S Olympic Festival (Gold)

   1990 Pan Am Games (Silver)

   1992 Olympic Games (Team Captain)

 

U.S. Olympic Team Coach’s Biography

   1993 Hired as Head Coach for the US National Team
     at the U.S. Olympic Training Center

   1994 World Cup Coach - Cayman Islands

   1994 Pan Am Championships Coach – Costa Rica

   1995 Pan Am Games Coach – Argentina

   1996 World Cup Coach – Brazil

   1996 Pan Am Championship Coach – Cuba

   1996 U.S Olympic Committee Coach of the Year

   1997 World Cup Coach – Egypt

   1997 World Championship Coach – Hong Kong

   1998 Pan Am Championship Coach – Peru

   1998 World Cup Coach – Germany

   1999 World Championship Coach – Canada

   2000 Olympic Games Coach – Sydney, Australia

   2001 Promoted to the National Team Director

   2002 Pan Am Championship Head Coach – Ecuador