Lynnette Love
American taekwondo practitioner
![]() Master Lynnette Love (right) gives a student one-on-one instruction at Andrews Air Force Base in 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lynnette Alicia Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1957-09-21) September 21, 1957 (age 66) Cook County, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lynnette Love (born September 21, 1957) is a United States Olympian in taekwondo.[1] She achieved a gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a bronze medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[1] She trained was trained by Dong Ja Yang[2] Howard University.[3] Nominated for the Sullivan Award in 1988 In the World Guinness Book of Records in 1993 for only American to win 9 national titles and 2 world titles.
Lynnette acted in the WMAC Masters series, as "Tarantula", participating in only one episode, where she loses the fight for Dragon Star against Lady Lightning.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Air Force News: Former Olympic champion teaches taekwondo at Joint Base Andrews". DoD Housing Network. September 19, 2012.
- ^ "NOTEBOOK". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. 1988-07-12. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Great Olympic Moments". Ebony. May 1992.
Love, a 35-year-old Wayne State University graduate
- ^ [url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2776710/ |title=Lynnette Love in IMDb]
External links
- Lynnette Love at TaekwondoData.com
- Lynnette Love at Olympedia
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World Champions in Taekwondo – Women's Heavyweight
- 1987:
Lynnette Love (USA)
- 1989:
Jung Wan-sook (KOR)
- 1991:
Lynnette Love (USA)
- 1993:
Jung Myoung-sook (KOR)
- 1995:
Jung Myoung-sook (KOR)
- 1997:
Jung Myoung-sook (KOR)
- 1999:
Kao Ching-yi (TPE)
- 2001:
Sin Kyung-hyen (KOR)
- 2003:
Youn Hyun-jung (KOR)
- 2005:
Sin Kyung-hyen (KOR)
- 2007:
Chen Zhong (CHN)
- 2009:
Rosana Simón (ESP)
- 2011:
Anne-Caroline Graffe (FRA)
- 2013:
Olga Ivanova (RUS)
- 2015:
Bianca Walkden (GBR)
- 2017:
Bianca Walkden (GBR)
- 2019:
Bianca Walkden (GBR)
- 2022:
Svetlana Osipova (UZB)
- 2023:
Nafia Kuş (TUR)
- 1987–1997: +70 kg
- 1999–2007: +72 kg
- 2009–present: +73 kg
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