Diana López

Diana López
Born	January 7, 1984 (1984-01-07) (age 27) Houston, Texas
Nationality	American

Diana López (born January 7, 1984 in Houston, Texas) is an American born Olympic Taekwondo competitor of Nicaraguan ethnicity. She represented the USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is the younger sister of Olympians Steven and Mark López (US athlete) She graduated from Kempner High School in 2002, and is a student at the University of Houston–Downtown as of at least February 2008.^[1]

In 2005 Diana and her brothers, Steven and Mark, made history by becoming the first three siblings in any sport to win World Championship Titles at the same event during the World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain.

Competition Record

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze	2008 Beijing	57 kg
World Championships
Gold	2005 Madrid	Featherweight
Bronze	2007 Beijing	Featherweight

2008 Olympic Games (57 kg): BRONZE 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (Feather): 1st 2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier: SILVER 2007 World Olympic Qualifier: Quarterfinals 2007 Olympic Trials (Bantam/Feather): 1st 2007 World Championships (Feather): BRONZE 2007 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st 2006 Pan Am Qualifier (Olympic Feather): GOLD 2006 Dutch Open (Feather): BRONZE 2006 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st 2005 U.S. Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Month (April) 2005 World Taekwondo Championships GOLD 2005 German Open GOLD 2005 National Team Trials GOLD 2004 Olympic Alternate 2004 Dutch Open GOLD 2004 Senior Nationals BRONZE 2003 National Team Trials GOLD 2002 Brussels Indoor Open GOLD 2002 Dutch Open GOLD 2002 Pan American Championships GOLD 2002 World Cup BRONZE 2002 National Team Trials GOLD 2001 Junior Nationals GOLD 2001 US Open SILVER 2001 Mexico Open GOLD 2001 National Team Trials GOLD

2000 Junior Nationals GOLD 2000 Junior World Championships GOLD 2000 Olympic Team Trials BRONZE 2000 Fight Off for World Cup Team GOLD 2000 Korean Open BRONZE 2000 US Open Sr. Division BRONZE 1999 Junior Nationals GOLD 1998 Junior Nationals GOLD 1998 Junior World Championships GOLD 1998 US Open Jr. Division SILVER 1997 Junior Nationals GOLD 1996 Junior Nationals GOLD 1995 Junior Nationals GOLD 1994 Junior Nationals GOLD 1993 Junior Nationals GOLD 1992 Junior Nationals GOLD 1991 Junior Nationals GOLD

References

1. ^ "UH System Success Stories". University of Houston System. 2008-02. http://www.uh.edu/news-events/archive/uhssuccess/. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 

External links

• USA Taekwando bio
• Lopez makes 2008 Olympic's team

Persondata
Name	Lopez, Diana
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Date of birth	January 7, 1984
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
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