BIOGRAPHY Steven López, born November 9, 1978, in Nicaragua, is an American 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Olympic Games and 2008 bronze medalist at Beijing Olympic Games.
Born in Nicaragua, López's parents moved to New York City in 1972. In his native country, his father, Julio, worked for the government of the then-President Anastasio Somoza, who was overthrown in 1979 after the Sandinista Revolution. His father took odd jobs to support his family but later relocated to Texas. López first learned the sport of Taekwondo in his garage at the age of five from his father and Jean, his older brother. He is a 1997 graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas where he was voted "most likely to succeed".
López made his mark in 2000 when he became the first official Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2003, he earned the rank of world champion in his weight class. Both López and siblings, Mark (men's featherweight) and Diana (women's featherweight), made sports history in April 2005 when they all claimed a world championship title at the same event (2005 World Taekwondo Championships) with their oldest brother, Jean, participating in the feat as their coach.
In the 2007 Beijing Olympics, Lopez won bronze in the Men's taekwondo 80kg and gold in Welterweight category at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships. View GALLERY:
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