Name: Stephen Lambdin
Weight Class: Heavyweight +80kg
Classification: Heavy +87kg
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220 lbs.
DOB: 3/9/1988
Birthplace: Rockwall, Texas
Hometown: Colleyville, Texas
High School: Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas) '06
College: California Lutheran University
Team/Club: Poos Taekwondo
Coach(es): Jason Poos
Olympic Experience
  • Rio 2016 (+80kg), 11th
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2017 -- quarterfinalist (+87kg)
  • Years of participation: 2011, 2015, 2017
  • Medals: none
Other Career Highlights
  • 2018 USAT Senior National Team Member (Heavy +87kg)
  • 2018 World Taekwondo President's Cup (+87kg): Bronze
  • 2018 USAT Senior National Team Trials (Heavy +87kg): 1st
  • 2018 U.S. Open (+87kg): Silver
  • 2017 USAT Senior National Team Member (Heavy +87kg)
  • 2017 USAT Senior National Team Trials (Heavy): 1st
  • 2017 WT Presidents Cup (+87kg): Silver
  • 2017 Costa Rica Open (+87kg): Gold
  • 2017 Argentina Open (+87kg): Silver
  • 2017 Russian Open (+87kg): Silver
  • 2017 Korean Open (+87kg): Bronze
  • 2017 New Zealand Open (+87kg): Bronze
  • 2017 U.S. Open (+87kg): Bronze
  • 2017 German Open (+87kg): Bronze
  • 2016 Olympic Games (+80kg), 11th
  • 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, silver (+80kg)
  • 2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, silver (+80kg)
  • 2011 Pan American Games, bronze (+80kg)
  • World University Championships: 2008 (bronze), 2012 (bronze)
  • Junior World Championships: 2002, 2004 (bronze)
  • 2010 USA Taekwondo Male Athlete of the Year
  • 2008 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Male Athlete of the Year
  • 2007 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Freshman Male Athlete of the Year
  • 2005 USA Taekwondo Male Junior Athlete of the Year
  • 2017 USAT Senior National Team Member (Heavy)
  • 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, silver ( 80kg)
  • 2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, silver ( 80kg)
  • 2013 USA Taekwondo Male Athlete of the Year
Personal: Competed in track and cross country for two years in high school...Hobbies include running...Favorite foods are Korean and Mexican...Eats a big omelet prior to competition...Favorite athlete is Steven Lopez...Favorite movie is "Old School"...Enjoys all types of music...Lists Germany as his favorite country visited for competition