Mark López (taekwondo)

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Mark López
Medal record

Competitor for United States
Men’s taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver	2008 Beijing	-68 kg
World Championships
Bronze	2009 Copenhagen	Lightweight
Gold	2005 Madrid	Featherweight
Silver	2003 Garmisch	Featherweight
Bronze	1999 Edmonton	Bantamweight

Mark López Mendieta is an American taekwondo practictioner. Mark represented the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He advanced to the men's -68 kg Gold Medal Match where he lost to Korea's Tae-Jin Son on a last second hit, giving him the silver medal.^[1]

He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Steven López and their Taekwondo coach Jean Lopez and older brother of Olympian Diana López and is married to Dagmar López.

Career highlights

2009 World Championships Denmark: BRONZE
2008 Olympic Games(Feather): Silver
2008 Olympic Trials (Feather): GOLD
2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier: SILVER
2007 Olympic Trials (Bantam/Feather): GOLD
2006 Dutch Open (Light): GOLD
2005 World Championships (Feather): GOLD
2003 World Championships (Feather): SILVER
2002 World University Championships (Feather): SILVER
2002 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD
2002 NCTA Male Athlete of the Year
2001 U.S. National Championships (Feather): GOLD
2001 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD
2000 U.S. Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 (Fly): GOLD

2000 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD
1999 U.S. National Championships (Bantam): BRONZE
1999 World Championships (Bantam): BRONZE
1999 U.S. Junior Olympic Championships (Light): BRONZE
1998 U.S. Open (Fin): SILVER
1998 U.S. National Championships (Fin): BRONZE
1998 World Junior Championships (Feather): BRONZE
1997 U.S. Open (Junior Fly): GOLD
1996 U.S. Open (Junior Super Fin): GOLD

Footnotes

↑ Olympic results

External links

Mark Lopez US Olympic Team Profile

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Name	Lopez, Mark
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Short description	Taekwondo practitioner
Date of birth
Place of birth
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