Mark López

Mark López Mendieta is an American taekwondo practitioner. Mark represented the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He advanced to the men's -68 kg Gold Medal Match where he lost to Korea's Tae-Jin Son on a last second hit, giving him the silver medal.[1] Along with his brother Steven and his sister Diana, he won a gold medal at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships.

Mark López

Medal record
Representing  United States
Men’s taekwondo
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	-68 kg
World Championships
	2009 Copenhagen	Lightweight
	2005 Madrid	Featherweight
	2003 Garmisch	Featherweight
	1999 Edmonton	Bantamweight
Pan Am Championships
	2012 Sucre	Lightweight
Grand Prix
	2014 Astana	Featherweight
	2014 Manchester	Featherweight
World University Championships
	2002 Berkeley	Featherweight
Junior World Championships
	1998 Istanbul	Featherweight

He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Steven López and their Taekwondo coach Jean Lopez and older brother of Olympian Diana López and is married to Dagmar López.

Career highlights

2015 Argentina Open (Feather) Gold 2015 Pan Am Open (Feather) Silver 2015 Mexico Open (Feather): Silver 2015 Luxor Open (Feather): Silver 2014 Pan Am Open (Feather): Gold 2014 Mexico Open (Feather): Bronze 2014 Grand Prix Manchester (Feather): Bronze 2014 Grand Prix Astana (Feather):Silver 2014 Santo Domingo Open (Feather): Gold 2014 Dutch Open (Feather): Bronze 2014 US Open (Feather): Silver 2012 Pan Am Championships (light):Silver 2009 World Championships Denmark: BRONZE 2008 Olympic Games(Feather): Silver 2008 Olympic Trials (Feather): GOLD 2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier: SILVER 2007 Olympic Trials (Bantam/Feather): GOLD 2006 Dutch Open (Light): GOLD 2005 World Championships (Feather): GOLD 2003 World Championships (Feather): SILVER 2002 World University Championships (Feather): SILVER 2002 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD 2002 NCTA Male Athlete of the Year 2001 U.S. National Championships (Feather): GOLD 2001 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD 2000 U.S. Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 (Fly): GOLD

2000 National Collegiate Championships (Feather): GOLD 1999 U.S. National Championships (Bantam): BRONZE 1999 World Championships (Bantam): BRONZE 1999 U.S. Junior Olympic Championships (Light): BRONZE 1998 U.S. Open (Fin): SILVER 1998 U.S. National Championships (Fin): BRONZE 1998 World Junior Championships (Feather): BRONZE 1997 U.S. Open (Junior Fly): GOLD 1996 U.S. Open (Junior Super Fin): GOLD

Footnotes

1. Olympic results

External links

• Mark Lopez US Olympic Team Profile