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Steven Lopez
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Steven Lopez is an American taekwondo competitor born in New York City to Nicaraguan immigrant parents, who learned the sport from his father and older brother Jean in a family garage. He won Olympic gold in 2000 and 2004 and bronze in 2008, and became the first taekwondo athlete to win five World Championship titles. He competed at five Olympic Games between 2000 and 2016, and at the 2008 Beijing Games he competed alongside his siblings Mark and Diana, the first trio of siblings on one United States Olympic team since 1904.
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Career HighlightCompeted across five Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016, and at the 2008 Beijing Games he and his siblings Mark and Diana became the first trio of siblings on one Olympic team since 1904. 1 Career HighlightThe first taekwondo competitor to win five World Championship gold medals, winning the welterweight title in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 after a lightweight title in 2001. 1 Career HighlightWon two Olympic gold medals, at Sydney 2000 in the under 68 kilogram division and Athens 2004 in the under 80 kilogram division, plus a bronze at Beijing 2008. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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