Lynnette Love
 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 | September 21, 1957 Cook County, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Lynnette Love at TaekwondoData.com
- Lynnette Love at Olympedia
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