Jaqueline Sanchez Galloway (born December 27, 1995) is an

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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 ...

competitor and a bronze medalist in the

2016 Olympics ) , 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 ...

. She is also a citizen of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

2012 season

Galloway was an alternate for the Mexican team at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

2015 season

She won bronze at the

2015 World Taekwondo Championships The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015. The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted bo ...

. Galloway earned a spot in the 2016 Olympics by being in the top six ranked competitors in her weight class.

Personal life

She is an engineering student at

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = "The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , prov ...

. While there she was on the rowing team.

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Team USA Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galloway, Jackie 1995 births Living people American female taekwondo practitioners American sportspeople of Mexican descent Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in taekwondo Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Southern Methodist University alumni Mexican female taekwondo practitioners Mexican sportswomen Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century American women