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| Nationality | American- Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 28) Crown Point, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jaqueline Sanchez Galloway (born December 27, 1995) is an American taekwondo competitor and a bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics. She is also a citizen of Mexico.
2012 season
Galloway was an alternate for the Mexican team at the 2012 Olympics.
2015 season
She won bronze at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. Galloway earned a spot in the 2016 Olympics by being in the top six ranked competitors in her weight class.
Personal life
She is an engineering student at Southern Methodist University. While there she was on the rowing team.
References
- "North Texas Tae Kwon Do Star Headed To The Olympics". dfw.cbslocal.com.
- "Steven Lopez makes fifth U.S. Olympic taekwondo team". OlympicTalk.
- Courtney Collins. "College Taekwondo Athlete Fights Her Way Around The Globe For Shot At The Olympics".
- "Jackie Galloway is first to qualify for 2016 U.S. Olympic taekwondo team". OlympicTalk.
- "College Sports: Hairopoulos: North Texans vying for 2016 Olympics: Jordan Spieth, 16-year-old gymnast, more - SportsDay". SportsDay. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- "Aiming high". Wylie News.
External links
Categories:- 1995 births
- Living people
- American female taekwondo practitioners
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Southern Methodist University alumni
- Mexican female taekwondo practitioners
- Mexican sportswomen
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mexico
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century Mexican sportswomen