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12-Year-Old Hobokenite Wins National Tae Kwon Do Championship

Shekea Coleman, 12, won the prize in the 48th annual Kung Fu Championship.

A 12-year-old Hobokenite is the Tae Kwon Do champion.

Shekea Coleman, a resident of the Hoboken Housing Authority, won first place at the 2013 All American Open Tae Kwon Do – Karate – Kung Fu Championships on March 16.

Coleman beat about 40 competitors in the 48th annual competition at Paramount Gym at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus.            

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“I’m so proud of Shekea,” said Hoboken Housing Authority Executive Director Carmelo Garcia. “She truly embodies the heart of a champion.”          

Coleman enrolled in the HHA's after school karate classes, which are led by Sensei Ray Rogriguez.   

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