Jean López (born August 31, 1973 in Texas, U.S.) is an American Taekwondo athlete and coach.

Biography

Lopez is a 1991 graduate of Kempner High School.

He was a four-time member of the U.S. National Taekwondo Team. In 1995 Lopez won a silver medal at the 1995 Taekwondo World Championships.[1]

Lopez coached the U.S. Olympic Taekwondo team in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympic Games.[2]

On April 3, 2018, Lopez was found guilty by the United States Center for SafeSport of sexual misconduct involving a minor, and was banned from USA Taekwondo.[3] SafeSport found that Lopez had assaulted Mandy Meloon, Heidi Gilbert, and a third woman.[4] The ban was overturned by an arbitrator in January 2019.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lopez family Archives". The Saturday Evening Post.
  2. ↑ "Former USA Taekwondo Coach Banned From The Sport For Sexual Misconduct".
  3. ↑ "Olympic taekwondo coach Jean Lopez banned for sexual misconduct with a minor". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ↑ "SafeSport disputes characterization of what led it to drop Jean Lopez ban". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26.
  5. ↑ Axon, Nancy Armour and Rachel. "Jean Lopez able to coach taekwondo again after arbitrator lifts ban for sexual misconduct". USA TODAY.
  6. ↑ Axon, Nancy Armour and Rachel. "Report: Sixth woman says she was sexually abused by Olympic taekwondo champ Steven Lopez". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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