By Tylisa Hampton
Excerpt from KARK.com
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Aug 24, 2023
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One Little Rock woman’s dream more than 40 years in the making has finally come true. The 62-year-old has become the top-ranked female in the American Taekwondo Association International, one of the highest-ranked belts one can have in taekwondo.
Recently ATA International announced Chief Master Tammy Harvey-Stauber earned her ninth-degree black belt.
Harvey-Stauber said she was 12 years old when she started taekwondo in 1973.
“I just loved it from the moment I stepped on the floor,” Harvey-Stauber said.
She said throughout the years she put her all into the sport because she has a deep passion for it, earning the ninth-degree black belt after 20 years.
“It’s incredible. It took a while for me to realize it was a ninth-degree,” Harvey-Stauber said “It’s a dream come true.”
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