THE PROFILE.

Thinura Ginige is a student-athlete from Cottonwood, Arizona whose martial arts career has progressed from childhood training to world-level competition. Across years of competition, he has earned three world championships, more than ten national titles and more than twenty-five Arizona state titles.

As lead instructor at KC’s Family Tae Kwon Do, Thinura teaches classes, coaches developing athletes and helps younger competitors prepare for competition. Away from the mat, he maintains a strong academic record and is interested in civil and petroleum engineering.

His goal is to bring the discipline, precision and continuous improvement developed through competitive athletics into his college education and future engineering career.