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Jackie Galloway

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Jackie Galloway
Personal information
NationalityAmerican- Mexican
Born (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 28)
Crown Point, Indiana, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTaekwondo
EventHeavyweight
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +67 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chelyabinsk Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 2017 Muju Heavyweight
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Astana +67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Samsun +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Baku +67 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto +67 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Portland Heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2016 Aguascalientes Heavyweight
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Sharm-El-Sheikh 68 kg

Jaqueline Sanchez Galloway (born December 27, 1995) is an American taekwondo competitor and a bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics. She is also a citizen of Mexico.[1]

2012 season

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Galloway was an alternate for the Mexican team at the 2012 Olympics.[2]

2015 season

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She won bronze at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships.[3] Galloway earned a spot in the 2016 Olympics by being in the top six ranked competitors in her weight class.[4]

Personal life

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She is an engineering student at Southern Methodist University.[5] While there she was on the rowing team.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "North Texas Tae Kwon Do Star Headed To The Olympics". dfw.cbslocal.com.
  2. ^ "Steven Lopez makes fifth U.S. Olympic taekwondo team". OlympicTalk.
  3. ^ Courtney Collins. "College Taekwondo Athlete Fights Her Way Around The Globe For Shot At The Olympics".
  4. ^ "Jackie Galloway is first to qualify for 2016 U.S. Olympic taekwondo team". OlympicTalk.
  5. ^ "College Sports: Hairopoulos: North Texans vying for 2016 Olympics: Jordan Spieth, 16-year-old gymnast, more - SportsDay". SportsDay. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  6. ^ "Aiming high". Wylie News.
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