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Steven López

1978 - Today

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Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4th Dan in taekwondo. 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. With 2 Olympic titles, 5 titles in taekwondo world championships and 1 title in taekwondo world cup he is the most titled champion after Hadi Saei who earns 9 world class titles (two Olympic titles in 2004 and 2008, two world championships titles, four world cup titles and one world Olympic qualification tournament). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven López has received more than 215,516 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Steven López is the 3,116th most popular athlete (down from 2,009th in 2019), the 15,327th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,421st in 2019) and the 498th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Steven López ranks 3,116 out of 6,025. Before him are Paweł Fajdek, Ivan Ukhov, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Gerhard Haidacher, Brenda Jones, and Chandra Sturrup. After him are Ajit Pal Singh, Kerstin Behrendt, Gerald Tinker, Pedro Pablo Pichardo, Inger Miller, and Roberto Hernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Steven López ranks 569. Before him are Bruno Cheyrou, David Hodges, Jorge Wagner, Dmitri Dyuzhev, Fu Mingxia, and Zhang Zhong. After him are Maria Menounos, Mathew Hayman, Mun In-guk, Kelly Stables, Anna Przybylska, and Jessica Barth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven López ranks 15,327 out of 20,380. Before him are Erik Rhodes (1982), Ever Anderson (2007), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974), 2 Chainz (1977), Bruce Bowen (1971), and Jean Brooks (1915). After him are Sue Hendrickson (1949), James F. Reilly (1954), Kyle Lowry (1986), Ariana DeBose (1991), Chi Cheng (1970), and Derek Harper (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Steven López ranks 498. Before him are Kathy Hammond (1951), Andrew Valmon (1965), Clarence DeMar (1888), Fred Kerley (1995), John Godina (1972), and Kate Schmidt (1953). After him are Gerald Tinker (1951), Inger Miller (1972), Wayne Collett (1949), Sha'Carri Richardson (2000), Susanna Kallur (1981), and Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961).

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