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| Born | February 9, 1966 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | De Paul University (1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Arlene Limas (born February 9, 1966) [1] is an American taekwondo practitioner and multiple international gold medalist of Mexican and Polish descent.
Limas graduated with honors from Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago and studied political science at De Paul University in 1990. [2]
Limas made history when she became the first American to win a gold medal at the 24th Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea in taekwondo, which made its Olympic debut as an exhibition sport. [3] She is a member of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame. [2] Limas was inducted June 20, 2019 into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame located in Troy, Michigan.
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