Jean López
American Taekwondo athlete, coach
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Biography
López is a 1991 graduate of Kempner High School and was a four-time member of the U.S. National Taekwondo Team. In 1995, López won a silver medal at the 1995 Taekwondo World Championships.[1]
López coached the U.S. Olympic Taekwondo team in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympic Games.[2]
On April 3, 2018, López was found guilty by the United States Center for SafeSport of sexual misconduct involving a minor and was banned from USA Taekwondo.[3] SafeSport found that he had assaulted Mandy Meloon, Heidi Gilbert, and a third woman.[4] The ban was overturned by an arbitrator in January 2019.[5][6]
