Six representatives of Universidad de Santiago were part of the Chilean national team that travelled to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to compete in the PKF Championship.
On August 27th, the karate branch of Universidad de Santiago, led by their coach Mario González, showed a high performance in the Pan-American Karate Federation Championship.
The following students competed in Ecuador: Christian Cid (84 k), student at the Industrial Control Technology program; Matías Rodríguez (75 k), student at the Business Engineering program; Alison Muñoz (55 k), student at the Occupational Therapy program; Matías Quijada (60 k), students at the Obstetrics program, and Nicolás Flores (67 k) and Javiera González (61 k), both students at the Physical Education Pedagogy Program.
In the team women category, Javiera González and Alison Muñoz won the gold medal, while in the team men category, Matías Quijada and Matías Rodríguez won the bronze medal. In the individual male categories, Nicolás Flores got the fifth place in his category. Once again, Universidad de Santiago was represented abroad by its sport ambassadors.
The karatekas now will participate in the II Tournament organized by the University National Federation of Karate, on September 08th, at the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), in Santiago.
Translated by Marcela Contreras