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Christian (left), Ken and Angela Lee returned to Hawaii with gold medals from the Aug. 15-18 FILA World Championships in Croatia. Photo courtesy Ken Lee.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mililani’s own Christian and Angela Lee have done Hawaii proud at the 2013 FILA World Championships, which took place Aug. 15-18 in Split, Croatia.<\/p>\n

They said the country was beautiful, and they fully appreciate the opportunity they had to travel and compete in an international competition.<\/p>\n

The pressure and expectations were that much more intense on that level as well. Both siblings said there is a huge sense of pride in knowing they were representing the United States of America.<\/p>\n

The brother-sister duo has brought home a handful of gold medals and many life lessons.<\/p>\n

Father Ken is extremely proud of his two oldest children and said they exemplified what it means to be a champion.<\/p>\n

“They were outstanding,” he said. “They trained like champions, fought like champions and remained humble, like true champions.”<\/p>\n

Christian was voted “Most Outstanding Fighter” (15-year-old division and 17-year-old division) of the tournament by the head coaches from the participating countries. He also won gold in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu 63 kilograms and 69 kilograms, grappling 63 kilograms, cadet pankration 69 kilograms and cadet MMA 69 kilograms.<\/p>\n

Angela took home gold in the cadet MMA 53 kilograms and cadet pankration 53 kilograms, and a silver medal in cadet exhibition pankration 65 kilograms.<\/p>\n

“There is always going to be disappointment with anything less than gold, that’s just the mentality of a high-level competitor,” Angela relayed. “We always strive for No. 1.<\/p>\n

“I do feel like I could have performed better, but because of this humbling experience I was able to learn a lot more than I could have if I won.”<\/p>\n

Both trained extremely hard leading up to the tournament, and their high-level competitive mentality helped pull them through with gold medals.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’ve never performed so well in my life,” Christian said, and noted that he owes it all to his dad (who also is his coach).<\/p>\n

Christian experienced a slight setback during a sparring session before the tournament when he injured his foot.<\/p>\n

“I ended up having to limp from fight to fight, but I did what I needed to do,” he said.<\/p>\n

While the competition has come to an end, the siblings have much to look forward to in their fighting careers. Christian will be defending his USFL 140-pounds title in Arizona, and Angela will be fighting for a USFL Cadet Girls Title on the same card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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