Lynnette Love (born September 21, 1957) is a former United States Olympian in taekwondo. She achieved a gold medal in the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and a bronze medal in the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She trained was trained by

Dong Ja Yang Dong Ja Yang is the former chairman of the AAU National Taekwondo Union from 1979-84. From 1984-88, He was a member of the Executive Board of the United States Olympic Committee. Earning a Ph.D. in counseling psychology, Yang introduced taekwondo ...

Howard University. Nominated for the Sullivan Award in 1988 In the World Guinness Book of Records in 1993 for only American to win 9 national titles and 2 world titles. Lynnette acted in the

WMAC Masters ''WMAC Masters'' is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and produced by 4Kids Productions (later known as 4Kids Entertainment) in conjunction with Ren ...

series, as "Tarantula", participating in only one episode, where she loses the fight for Dragon Star against Lady Lightning. title=Lynnette Love in IMDb/ref>

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* 1957 births Living people American female taekwondo practitioners Olympic gold medalists for the United States in taekwondo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in taekwondo World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century American women {{US-taekwondo-bio-stub