Jean Lopez

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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