Mark López Mendieta is an American

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner. Mark represented the United States in the

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. 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.Olympic results
/ref> Along with his brother Steven and his sister Diana, he won a gold medal at the

2005 World Taekwondo Championships The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking South Korea won both men’s and ...

. He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist

Steven López Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4th ...

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

References

External links

Mark Lopez US Olympic Team Profile
American male taekwondo practitioners Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in taekwondo Sportspeople from Texas American people of Nicaraguan descent Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics American sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people) World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century American people {{US-taekwondo-bio-stub