Ms. Mary Mannion is originally from Minnesota , and has studied Taekwon-do in both the U.S. and Ireland for over 20 years. She has been a member of the IUTF since 1997. Based in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ms. Mannion runs three very strong schools in the area, with 18 black belt students. She has guided a number of her junior and senior students to European and Irish titles and more success stories are anticipated in the future.
Her greatest success to date is winning gold in the 2010 ITF World Championships, senior Ladies 3rd dan division.