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Mark López

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Mark López Mendieta is an American taekwondo practitioner who represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He reached the men's 68 kg gold medal match, where he lost to Tae-Jin Son of Korea on a last second hit, which gave him the silver medal. Together 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 the Olympic gold medalist Steven López and of their brother and taekwondo coach Jean, the older brother of the Olympian Diana López, and is married to Dagmar López.

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Birth Year
1982 1
Gender
Male 1
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Mark López Mendieta is an American taekwondo practitioner
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  • Biographical information
    Born 25 April 1982 in Houston, Texas USA
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    Sex Male
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    Mark López Mendieta is an American taekwondo practitioner
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Career
    Mark represented the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
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