Daniil Novak

Our Athlete of the week is Daniil Novak. This Castro Valley High School student competes nationally and internationally in Tae Kwon Do. This year, he got a gold medal at the California State Championship in April, a silver medal at AAU Taekwondo National Championship on July 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a bronze at U.S. Taekwondo National Championship on July 9 at Jacksonville, Florida. Daniil is also a California Tae Kwon Do team member representing our state in national and international competitions.

Daniil started doing taekwondo at the age of 9 and has gradually risen through the ranks. Daniil is a competition team member at Tornado Martial Arts Club (San Ramon), where he earned a 2nd Dan black belt coached by master  Roman Sheyman.

In addition to his physical skills, Daniil is also an excellent student with a GPA of 4.36.