Steven Lopez is an American taekwondo competitor born in New York City to Nicaraguan immigrant parents, who learned the sport from his father and older brother Jean in a family garage. He won Olympic gold in 2000 and 2004 and bronze in 2008, and became the first taekwondo athlete to win five World Championship titles. He competed at five Olympic Games between 2000 and 2016, and at the 2008 Beijing Games he competed alongside his siblings Mark and Diana, the first trio of siblings on one United States Olympic team since 1904.
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Career HighlightCompeted across five Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016, and at the 2008 Beijing Games he and his siblings Mark and Diana became the first trio of siblings on one Olympic team since 1904. 1 Career HighlightThe first taekwondo competitor to win five World Championship gold medals, winning the welterweight title in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 after a lightweight title in 2001. 1 Career HighlightWon two Olympic gold medals, at Sydney 2000 in the under 68 kilogram division and Athens 2004 in the under 80 kilogram division, plus a bronze at Beijing 2008. 1 Medals or Titles Band Classification
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At which Olympic Games did Steven Lopez win medals?
Gold in 2000 and 2004 and bronze in 2008.
Steven Lopez won his first Olympic title in the 68 kg class at Sydney in 2000, then moved up to the 80 kg class for gold in 2004 and bronze in 2008. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Games without winning a medal. Olympedia notes that apart from Hadj Saei Bonehkohal he is the only Olympian to win three medals in taekwondo.
Did Steven Lopez's brother and sister also win Olympic medals?
All three Lopez siblings medaled at the 2008 Games.
Yes. On the 2008 United States Olympic team Steven Lopez was accompanied by his siblings Mark and Diana, and all three medaled. Steven took bronze in the 80 kg class, Mark won silver in the 68 kg class and Diana won bronze in the 57 kg class.
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In 2001, he won the Lightweight Taekwondo World Championship, and in 2003 he won the Welterweight Taekwondo World Championship which he has since won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 making him the first Taekwondo fighter to win 5 World Championships.
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Steven Lopez is an American taekwondo competitor born in New York City to Nicaraguan immigrant parents, who learned the sport from his father and older brother Jean in a family garage.
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