Kay Poe is a pint-size powerhouse. At five-foot-three and 100 pounds, this Houston native is ranked number one in the world in the Olympic tae kwon do flyweight division.

Poe finds the allure of tae kwon do in the mind-body connection. “It’s like chess,” she says. “You have to figure out what your opponent’s going to do.”

Height: 5-1 Weight Class: Women’s finweight DOB:May 15, 1982 Hometown: Houston, Texas 

Competition Record: 

2002 US Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
2002 Pan American Championships – Ecuador (Fin): GOLD

2001 US National Taekwondo Championships (Fly): GOLD

2000 US Open Taekwondo Championships (Fin): SILVER
2000 US Olympic Taekwondo Team Trials (Fly): GOLD
2000 Olympic Games (Fly): Team Member

1999 US Open Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1999 US Olympic Weight/Pan Am Games Team Trials (Fly): GOLD
1999 US National Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1999 US National Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1999 World Olympic Qualification Tournament (Fly): GOLD
1999 Pan American Games (Fly): SILVER
1999 Olympic Test Event (Fly): GOLD

1998 US National Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1998 World Cup Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1998 US National Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1998 US Olympic Weight Division Tournament (Fly): SILVER
1998 Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fin): SILVER

1997 US National Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1997 US National Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1997 Mexico Open Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1997 Denmark Open Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1997 World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): BRONZE

1996 US National Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1996 US National Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1996 US Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships (Fin): SILVER
1996 Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fin): SILVER