Lauren Cahoon Hamon is an Olympic-style Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

 martial artist. Lauren was a competitor in MTV2's Final Fu

Final Fu

Final Fu is an American reality television show that first aired on MTV2 on July 17, 2006, and ran for a single season of twenty episodes The show was hosted by Ernie Reyes, Jr., and featured practitioners of various styles of martial arts competing in one-on-one semi-contact point sparring...

reality TV show, but dropped out after deciding that she didn't agree with the way sparring was being run.

Competition Record (list)

• 2006 Sr. National Team Trials (Heavy): 1st
• 2005 U.S. Senior Nationals (Heavy): BRONZE
• 2005 World University Games (Heavy): Quarterfinals
• 2005 Collegiate Trials (Heavy): GOLD
• 2005 World Championships (Heavy): Quarterfinals
• 2005 Senior National Team Member (Heavy)
• 2004 Canadian Open: SILVER
• 2004 U.S. Senior Nationals: BRONZE
• 2004 Belgium Open: SILVER
• 2004 U.S. Open: BRONZE
• 2003 Collegiate Nationals: GOLD
• 2003 U.S. Senior Nationals: GOLD
• 2002 Junior Olympics: GOLD
• 2001 Junior Olympics: BRONZE

Final Fu

Lauren was a competitor on the martial arts reality TV show Final Fu in the second week. Following her first fight (a loss) and a poor showing in the first challenge, she went on a tirade against the other competitors, calling them Tae Kwon Dorks and saying she was above everybody there. She then walked out on the competition This disrespectful behavior was not echoed, however, by fellow USA TKD fighter Sanaz Shazabi who also didn't make the final week.

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