Background
Abdallah was born and raised in Houston,Texas was introduced to Taekwondo by her stepfather when she was nine years old. He and her mother recognized her athleticism even at this young age.
Abdallah was born and raised in Houston,Texas was introduced to Taekwondo by her stepfather when she was nine years old. He and her mother recognized her athleticism even at this young age.
In 2007 Nia received the highest honor in the martial art / Olympic sport of Taekwondo when she was inducted into the Official Taekwondo Hall of FameĀ®. After graduating from George Washington Carver High School in Houston, She went to live in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center. After training there, she went on to compete, first in open class international competition, then on the world and olympic level
The Olympic games was her 3rd World international competition.
While trying to earn her spot to compete for her second gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, Abdallah found herself at the center of controversy. After 3 rounds of the final bout between, Abdallah and Lopez had no points had been scored, and the fight went into Sudden Death Overtime where Lopez allegedly scored a winning kick.
Abdallah"s loss was controversial due to points judges did not count. Suffering from long term injures, Nia Abdallah decided to try for one last Olympic team
Fighting 7 fights in one day, she earned her spot in the Olympic trials for the 3rd Olympics.
This marked the end of a Nia"s athletic career. She then went on to focus on coaching. In the months following her retirement, Nia has become the Texas state women"s head coach and has started her own competition team named "Team Bacho" in her hometown of Houston Texas.
Her goal is to become the United States first female head coach.
Nia is also travelling around the country teaching seminars. She is currently speaking to many schools, businesses, churches, and organizations on how they can be a better them by using the same steps that it takes to become a great athlete.
She shares this knowledge on her radio show every week on wwww.blogtalkradio.com/livelikeachampion at 5:30 pm cst. The show has been picked up on iTunes as a podcast and is avaliale for download.
On her webpage, BACHO bags, bands, and shirts can be purchased.
Abdallah"s competition record
2010 United States. Open (welter): bronze
2009 United States. National Team Member (Welter)
(Feather): 2nd
2007 World Championships: bronze
2007 National Collegiate Championships (Light): gold
2007 United States. National Team Member (Light)
2007 United States. Open (Light): bronze
2006 Dutch Open (Light): silver2006 Pan Am Championships (light): silver
2006 United States. National Team Member (Light)2006 National Collegiate Championships (welter): gold
2005 United States Senior Nationals (light): Silver (National Team member)2004 Olympic Games: silver
2003 Pan Am Games: bronze
2003 United States. Open: gold
2003 United States. Senior Nationals: Silver
2002 United States. Open: gold
2001 United States. Open: gold
2001 United States. Senior Nationals: gold.