Mark López Mendieta is an American

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

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. He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Steven López and their Taekwondo coach Jean Lopez and older brother of Olympian

Diana López Diana López may refer to: * Diana López (taekwondo) (born 1984), American Olympic taekwondo competitor * Diana López (artist) (born 1968), Venezuelan visual artist * Diana López (footballer) (born 1993), Nicaraguan footballer * 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

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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 Martial artists from Texas American people of Nicaraguan descent Sportspeople of Nicaraguan descent Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics American sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people) World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-taekwondo-bio-stub