Mark López

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Mark López
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men’s taekwondo
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing -68 kg
World Championships
2009 Copenhagen Lightweight
2005 Madrid Featherweight
2003 Garmisch Featherweight
1999 Edmonton Bantamweight
Pan Am Championships
2012 Sucre Lightweight
Grand Prix
2014 Astana Featherweight
2014 Manchester Featherweight
World University Championships
2002 Berkeley Featherweight
Junior World Championships
1998 Istanbul Featherweight

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

  • 2015 Argentina Open (Feather) Gold
  • 2015 Pan Am Open (Feather) Silver
  • 2015 Mexico Open (Feather): Silver
  • 2015 Luxor Open (Feather): Silver
  • 2014 Pan Am Open (Feather): Gold
  • 2014 Mexico Open (Feather): Bronze
  • 2014 Grand Prix Manchester (Feather): Bronze
  • 2014 Grand Prix Astana (Feather):Silver
  • 2014 Santo Domingo Open (Feather): Gold
  • 2014 Dutch Open (Feather): Bronze
  • 2014 US Open (Feather): Silver
  • 2012 Pan Am Championships (light):Silver
  • 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

  1. ↑ Olympic results


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