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American taekwondo athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristina Danielle Teachout (born September 13, 2005) is an American taekwondo athlete. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg contest.
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Full name | Kristina Danielle Teachout | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 13, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Palm Bay, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Teachout made her senior international debut for the United States in November 2022 in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1]
In June 2023, she competed in the women's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] In October 2023, she competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg event.[2][3] She won gold in the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix challenge, Costa Rica Open and Dominican Open and silver at the Spanish Open and Pan Am Series.[4][5]
In January 2024, she competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and defeated the 2020 Summer Olympics 57 kg champion Anastasija Zolotic to advance to the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.[6][7][8] In April 2024, during the Olympic Qualification Tournament, she won her semifinal match and qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9][10] At 18 years old, she is Team USA's youngest Olympian in taekwondo.[11][12][13]
In Paris, she competed in the 67 kg event and defeated Magda Wiet-Hénin in the round of 16, but lost to eventual gold medal winner Viviana Márton in the quarter finals. Teachout then defeated Ruth Gbagbi in the repechage match, and advanced to the bronze medal contest where she faced Song Jie.[14] She defeated Song and won a bronze medal.[15][16]
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