Jackie Galloway
Jaqueline Rose 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.[1]
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| Nationality | American- Mexican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 27, 1995 Crown Point, Indiana, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Wylie, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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2012 season
Galloway was an alternate for the Mexican team at the 2012 Olympics.[2]
2015 season
She won bronze at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships.[3] Galloway earned a spot in the 2016 Olympics by being in the top six ranked competitors in her weight class.[4]
Personal life
She is an engineering student at Southern Methodist University.[5] While there she was on the rowing team.[6]
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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.
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