Height: 5-10
Weight: 132 lbs.
Coach: Jean Lopez
High School: Kempner High School
College: University of Houston (Downtown)
Twitter: @dianalpez25
WTF World Ranking as of 9/1/12: 17th (-57kg)
Awards:
-2008 USA Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year
-USA Today Olympic Athlete of the Week (April 8, 2008)
-2006 USA Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year
-2005 USA Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year
-USA Today Olympic Athlete of the Week (April 19, 2005)
Enjoys outdoor sports, watching movies, playing poker and shopping... played volleyball for three years in high school... favorite books are The Power of Now and Hunger Games... her three older brothers have achieved great success in Taekwondo: Jean won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships; Steven is a three-time Olympic medalist and five-time world champion; and Mark has won an Olympic silver medal (2008) and three World Championship medals including a gold in 2005... Diana, along with Steven and Mark, became the first three siblings in any sport to win World Championship titles at the same event when they achieved the feat in 2005 at the World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain (they were coached by oldest brother Jean)...they also became the first trio of American siblings since 1904 to make an Olympic Team, and the first-ever to all medal at an Olympic Games... favorite quote: "Not failure, but low aim, is crime."
Competition Record:
2013 U.S. National Team Member (Light)
2013 U.S. National Team Trials (Light): 1st
2012 Olympic Games (-57kg): 7th
-lost to Yuzhuo Hou (CHN), 1-0 in overtime, in Round of 16
-lost to Suvi Mikkonen (FIN), 9-4, in Repechage
2012 Olympic Team Member (-57kg)
2012 Olympic Trials Finals (-57kg): 1st
-def. Danielle Holmquist, 3-1
2011 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier (-57kg): BRONZE (qualifies division for 2012 Olympic Games)
-def. Mariana Escarlet Fuentes Tordoya (BOL), 13-0, in Round of 16
-def. Euda Maria Carias Morales (GUA), 8-2, in Quarterfinals
-lost to Nidia Munoz Aleman (CUB), by punitive declaration in overtime in Semifinals
-def. Disnansi Polanco (DOM), 3-2, in Bronze Medal Match
2010 2012 Olympic Team Trials 1 (Bantam/Feather): 1st
2010 Canada Open (Feather): GOLD
2010 U.S. Open (Feather): SILVER
2010 U.S. National Team Member (Feather)
2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Feather): 2nd
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (Feather): 1st
2008 Olympic Games (Feather): BRONZE
2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier: SILVER
2007 World Olympic Qualifier: Quarterfinals
2007 Olympic Trials (Bantam/Feather): 1st
2007 World Championships (Feather): BRONZE
2007 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st
2006 Pan Am Qualifier (Olympic Feather): GOLD
2006 Dutch Open (Feather): BRONZE
2006 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st
2005 U.S. Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Month (April)
2005 World Taekwondo Championships (Gold)
2005 German Open (Gold)
2005 National Team Trials (Gold)
2004 Olympic Alternate
2004 Dutch Open (Gold)
2004 Senior Nationals (Bronze)
2003 National Team Trials (Gold)
2002 Brussels Indoor Open (Gold)
2002 Dutch Open (Gold)
2002 Pan American Championships (Gold)
2002 World Cup (Bronze)
2002 National Team Trials (Gold)
2001 Junior Nationals (Gold)
2001 US Open (Silver)
2001 Mexico Open (Gold)
2001 National Team Trials (Gold)
2000 Junior Nationals (Gold)
2000 Junior World Championships (Gold)
2000 Olympic Team Trials (Bronze)
2000 Fight Off for World Cup Team (Gold)
2000 Korean Open (Bronze)
2000 US Open Sr. Division (Bronze)
1999 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1998 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1998 Junior World Championships (Gold)
1998 US Open Jr. Division (Silver)
1997 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1996 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1995 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1994 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1993 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1992 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1991 Junior Nationals (Gold)
last updated 2/5/13