Name: Paige McPherson
Sport: Taekwondo
Discipline(s):
Taekwondo, Sparring Taekwondo
Weight Class: Welterweight -67kg
Classification: Welter -67kg
Height: 5-8
Weight: 140 lbs.
DOB: 10/1/1990
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas
Hometown: Sturgis, S.D.
High School: Black Hills Classical Christian Academy
College: Miami-Dade College
Team/Club: Peak Performance
Coach(es): Juan Miguel Moreno
Olympic Experience
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 11th (-67kg)
- London 2012 Olympic Games, bronze (-67kg)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 -- 5th (-67kg)
- Years of participation: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
- Medals: one silver, one bronze
- 2019 World Taekwondo Championships (-67kg)- 5th
- 2017 World Taekwondo Championships (-67kg): SILVER
- 2015 WTF World Taekwondo Championships (-67kg): BRONZE
- 2013 WTF World Taekwondo Championships (Welter): Round of 16
- 2011 World Taekwondo Championships (Welter): Quarterfinals
Other Career Highlights
- 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final Moscow (-67kg): BRONZE
- 2019 Pan Am Games (-67kg): SILVER
- 2019 German Open - BRONZE
- 2019 Mexico Open - GOLD
- 2019 Pan Am Open - GOLD
- 2019 Polish Open - GOLD
- 2019 Serbia Open - GOLD
- 2018: U.S. Senior National Team Member (Welter -67kg)
- 2018: Taiwan Grand Prix: GOLD
- 2018: World Taekwondo President's Cup (-67kg): SILVER
- 2018: U.S. Senior National Team Trials (Welter -67kg): 1st
- 2018 U.S. Open (-67kg): Quarterfinals
- 2018 Mexico Open - GOLD
- 2018 President’s Cup (Africa Region) - BRONZE
- 2018 German Open - SILVER
- 2018 Pan Am Championships - GOLD
- 2018 Pan Am Open - GOLD
- 2017: London Grand Prix (-67kg): BRONZE
- 2017: Costa Rica Open (-67kg): GOLD
- 2017: Moscow Grand Prix (-67kg): BRONZE
- 2017: U.S. Senior National Team Member (Welter -67kg)
- 2017: U.S. Senior National Team Trials (Welter -67kg): 1st
- 2017 US Open - GOLD
- 2017 Grand Prix Moscow - BRONZE
- 2017 Costa Rica Open - GOLD
- 2017 President’s Cup (Pan Am Region) - SILVER
- 2017 Grand Prix London - BRONZE
- 2017 Greece Open - GOLD
- 2017 Grand Prix Final - 4th
- 2016: U.S. Senior National Team Member (Welter)
- 2016: Olympic Trials (-67kg): 1st
- 2016: Pan American Championships (-67kg): GOLD
- 2015: World Cup Team Championships Team Member
- 2015: WTF World Grand Prix Series 3 - Manchester (-67kg): Round of 16
- 2015: Chuncheon Korea Open (-67kg): GOLD
- 2015 Pan Am Games Team Member (-67kg)
- 2015: Pan American Games (-67kg): GOLD
- 2015 Pan Am Games Team Trials (-67kg): 1st
- 2014 USA Taekwondo National Team Trials (women’s welter): FIRST
- 2014 U.S. National Team member (Welter)
- 2014 U.S. Open (Welter): SILVER
- 2014 Canadian Open (Welter): BRONZE
- 2013 U.S. National Team Member (Welter)
- 2013 U.S. National Team Trials (Welter): 1st
- 2013 Pan American Open (Welter): SILVER
- 2013 Costa Rican Open (Welter): SILVER
- 2013 Spanish Open (Welter): GOLD
- 2013 WTF Grand Prix Final (women’s -67kg): Quarterfinal
- 2012 USAT Female Athlete of the Year
- 2012 Olympic Team Member (-67kg)
- 2012 Olympic Trials Finals (-67kg): 1st
- 2011 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier (-67kg): SILVER (qualified division for 2012 Olympic Games)
- 2011 Pan Am Games (Welter -67kg): SILVER
- 2011 Pan Am Games Team Member (Light/Welter)
- 2011 Pan Am Games Qualifier (Light/Welter): Qualified
- 2011 U.S. Open (Light): SILVER
- 2011 U.S. National Team Member (Welter)
- 2011 U.S. National Team Trials (Welter): 1st
- 2010 2012 Olympic Team Trials 1 (Bantam/Feather): 2nd
- 2010 Pan Am Games Team Trials (Light/Welter): 1st
- 2010 Spanish Open (Welter): SILVER
- 2010 U.S. National Team Member (Welter)
- 2009 U-24 National Team Member (Welter)
- 2009 U-24 National Team Trials (Welter): 1st
- 2009 USAT National Championships (Light): GOLD
- 2009 Outstanding Female Athlete at USAT National Championships
- 2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Welter): 2nd
- 2009 Kissimmee National Qualifier (Welter): GOLD
- 2009 National Team Qualifier (Welter): 1st
- 2008 Pan Am Championships (Welter): GOLD
- 2008 Pan Am Championships Team Member (Welter)
- 2008 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): GOLD
- 2008 Des Moines National Qualifier (Welter): GOLD
- 2008 U.S. Open (Welter): GOLD
- 2008 Chris Canning Award of Excellence winner
- 2007 Pan Am Jr. Championships (Jr. Lt. Heavy): GOLD
- 2007 Junior Team Trials (Jr. Lt. Heavy): 1st
- 2007 Outstanding Female Athlete at Senior National Championships
- 2007 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): GOLD
- 2007 Junior Olympics (Lt. Heavy): GOLD
- 2006 U.S. Senior Nationals (Light): GOLD
- 2006 Jr. Black Belt Festival (Middle): GOLD
- 2005 Jr. Black Belt Festival (Middle): GOLD
- 2005 U.S. Open (Jr.): SILVER
- 2004 Jr. Black Belt Festival (Middle): GOLD
- 2004 Junior Olympics (Middle): BRONZE
- 2003 Junior Olympics: BRONZE
- 2002 Junior Olympics: BRONZE
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