Dae Sung Lee

Dae Sung Lee is a grandmaster of Tae Kwon Do and operates the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina shopping center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lee was chosen by the United States Tae Kwon Do Union in March 2003 to be Head Coach of the US Olympic team. He was later stripped of his position by the US Taekwondo Union.

Background

Lee was born in South Korea, and moved to Hawaii in 1971. He studied Tae Kwon Do from the age of 11 and worked his way up to a 6th Degree Blackbelt. He graduated from Moanalua High School and obtained a degree from the University of Hawaii. He is a nine time US National Champion and has won four gold medals in the Pan American Games.

Lee was an uncertified coach for the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was an assistant coach in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was also head coach of the Colorado Springs Tae Kwon Do training center from 1988 to 1993. Lee has operated the Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina since 1993, and has trained over ten thousand students.

Disqualification from coaching

In Feb 2004,the United States Olympic Committee located in Colorado Springs, changed a number of United States Taekwondo Union committee members. They also alleged mismanagement by the US Taekwondo Union. The members placed by the US Olympic committee for the Union that removed Lee were Steve Locke, Tony Baggiano, Rich Bender, Juan Moreno, Virginia Witte.