Steven Lopez Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a member of the National Honor Society in high school and was voted most likely to succeed
• His brother Jean is his coach
• When he was 25, producers of The Bachelor asked him to appear on the show; he declined
• Olympic gold medalist in 2000 and 2004; bronze medalist in 2008
• When he, brother Mark and sister Diana qualified for the 2008 Olympics, it was the first time since 1904 that three siblings were on the same team
• Won five straight world championships, from 2001 to '09
• Fractured his fibula a couple of weeks before the 2012 Olympics in London, but still competed and lost in the first round
• Took home gold at the 2014 U
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• Open Taekwondo Championships
• Qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio by winning the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Mexico; placed fifth in the -80kg tournament
• His family, nicknamed "The First Family of Taekwondo," own the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston
• Has appeared in People's 50 Most Beautiful People list