Kristina Danielle Teachout (born September 13, 2005) is an American taekwondo athlete. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg contest.
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| Full name | Kristina Danielle Teachout | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 13, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Palm Bay, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editTeachout made her senior international debut for the United States in November 2022 in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1]
In June 2023, she competed in the women's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] In October 2023, she competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg event.[2][3] She won gold in the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix challenge, Costa Rica Open and Dominican Open and silver at the Spanish Open and Pan Am Series.[4][5]
In January 2024, she competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and defeated the 2020 Summer Olympics 57 kg champion Anastasija Zolotic to advance to the 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.[6][7][8] In April 2024, during the Olympic Qualification Tournament, she won her semifinal match and qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9][10] At 18 years old, she is Team USA's youngest Olympian in taekwondo.[11][12][13]
In Paris, she competed in the 67 kg event and defeated Magda Wiet-Hénin in the round of 16, but lost to eventual gold medal winner Viviana Márton in the quarter finals. Teachout then defeated Ruth Gbagbi in the repechage match, and advanced to the bronze medal contest where she faced Song Jie.[14] She defeated Song and won a bronze medal.[15][16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kristina Teachout". teamusa.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Pan American Games 2023: Team USA's medal winners - full list". olympics.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Shawn (August 3, 2024). "Taekwondo 101: U.S. Olympic roster and athlete news". NBC Olympics. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Banks, Chasite (August 1, 2024). "Former Palm Bay resident Kristina Teachout set to compete in taekwondo at Paris Olympics". Florida Today. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Frankel, Kyle; Gomes, Maya; Yohe, Julia (July 25, 2024). "Youth movement: Meet the 32 teenagers representing the U.S. in Paris". NBC Olympics. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Rising taekwondo athletes take out Olympic, world champions at U.S. trials". NBC Sports. January 5, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (April 15, 2024). "Full USA Taekwondo contingent at Paris 2024 with real medal potential". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Goulding, Grace (May 6, 2024). "Meet the US Taekwondo team for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". olympics.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (April 11, 2024). "USA and Brazil secure three Olympic berths in Taekwondo Pan-Am qualifiers". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Hyde, Kendall (July 11, 2024). "Olympian 'going for gold' in taekwondo at Paris Olympics". WPTV-TV. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "USA Taekwondo Is Taking Four Athletes to the 2024 Olympic Games". usatkd.org. April 12, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Reinert, Bob (August 7, 2024). "Teen Taekwondo Sensation Kristina Teachout Didn't Get To Paris 'Playing It Safe'". teamusa.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Petro, Allison (August 8, 2024). "Palm Bay taekwondo athlete prepares for 2024 Paris Olympics debut". WESH. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Petrequin, Samuel (August 9, 2024). "Nickolas, Teachout chasing bronze medals for US taekwondo team at Paris Olympics". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Petrequin, Samuel (August 9, 2024). "U.S. teenager Kristina Teachout wins bronze in taekwondo; CJ Nickolas misses out on medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Florida taekwondo teen Kristina Teachout wins bronze at Paris Olympics". nbcmiami.com. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
External links
edit- Kristina Teachout profile at World Taekwondo
- Kristina Teachout at TaekwondoData.com
- Kristina Teachout at Team USA
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