Stephen Lambdin (born Stephen Thomas Lambdin, March 9, 1988) is an American taekwondo competitor. He represented Team USA at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

in Rio, Brazil. He represented the United States at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

, where he won a bronze medal. He trains with coach Jeff Pinaroc in Mansfield Texas. He is a graduate of

Colleyville Heritage High School Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS) is a public secondary school in Colleyville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and serves freshmen through senior students i ...

and

California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 ...

. Lambdin competes in the heavyweight division (+190 lbs/+87 kg). As of May 1, 2013, Lambdin was ranked 10th in the WTF World Taekwondo rankings. As of March 18, 2019, Lambdin was ranked 13th in the Olympic Kyorugi Ranking (Senior Division / M+80 kg) and 10th in the World Kyorugi Ranking (Senior Division / M+87 kg).

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1988 births Living people American male taekwondo practitioners California Lutheran University alumni Colleyville Heritage High School alumni Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century American people {{US-taekwondo-bio-stub