| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | -80kg | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 1 | -68kg | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| 3 | -80kg | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 64-80kg | 2009 | Copenhagen, DEN | |
| 1 | 64-80kg | 2007 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 1 | 64-80kg | 2005 | Madrid, ESP | |
| 1 | 64-80kg | 2003 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | |
| 1 | 68-74kg | 2001 | Jeju, KOR | |
Hobbies
Reading self-help books, listening to all kinds of music, dancing, playing other sports. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Occupation
Athlete, Coach
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Lopez Taekwondo Academy, Sugar Land, TX, USA
Coach
Jean Lopez [brother] (USA) from 1998 (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011; usatoday.com, 28 Jul 2008)
Other sports
He has two brothers, Jean and Mark, and a sister, Diane, all of whom compete at world elite level in taekwondo. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
At age five. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
His brother Jean started and he followed. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Ambitions
Regaining his Olympic title at the 2012 Games in London. (telegraph.co.uk, 11 Nov 2010)
Training
He does a lot of work that involves muscle fatigue to prepare him for competitions when all his fights are on the same day. (usatoday.com, 27 Jul 2008)
Hero
Muhammad Ali and his brother Jean. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Most influential person in career
His older brother Jean. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Superstitions / Rituals
He eats chicken with rice and vegetables the day before the competition and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a piece of fruit on the day. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Awards
He was named one of People magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors in 2004. (usa-taekwondo.us, 17 Dec 2007)
The United States Olympic Committee named him the 2007 Athlete of the Month. (usolympicteam.com, 17 Dec 2007)
He was named 2005 USA Taekwondo Male Co-Athlete of the Year along with brother Mark. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
General
MOTIVATION
His biggest motivation is wanting to follow in his older brother Jean's footsteps. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
DOPING INCIDENT
In 2006 he was handed a three-month suspension for a positive doping test which he said was triggered by his use of an over-the-counter inhaler. He accepted the suspension and attended an educational anti-doping programme. (telegraph.co.uk, 28 Jul 2011)
GARAGE BAND
He and his brothers turned the family's two-car garage into a makeshift gym. The siblings woke up at 5am to train before school then practised again after school and at night. The family's washer and dryer were in the garage too and on cold days during the winter their mother timed her dryer cycle to coincide with practice to keep the kids warm. (universalsports.nbcsports.com, 17 Dec 2007)
SIBLINGS SUCCESS
He, his brother Mark and sister Diana all won gold medals at the 2005 world championships. They were the first three siblings in any sport to claim world championship titles at the same event. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
UNDEFEATED
He was the first man to win five consecutive world championship gold medals. He was unbeaten between 2001 and 2009 in this competition. (usa-taekwondo.us, 07 Dec 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000
