Jackie Galloway

Jackie Galloway
Personal information
Nationality American- Mexicana
Born (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995
Crown Point, Indiana, United States
Residence Wylie, Texas
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Heavyweight

Jaqueline Rose 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

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

2015 season

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

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

References

  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.
  6. "Aiming high". Wylie News.
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