TIFFANY VAN SOEST

Biography

“Timebomb” Tiffany van Soest was born in Torrance, California and raised in Riverside, California. The first sport she became involved in was soccer at the age of five and later Shōrin-ryū karate at eight. She earned the rank of second-degree black belt at seventeen but was unable to compete until she was eighteen because her parents wouldn't let her. When she did start competitive karate, she took multiple titles at state, national and world levels.