Danielle Laney, birth name Jennifer Danielle Laney, is a former Olympic Level Competitor in Taekwondo born March 23, 1972. [1] Danielle is from Jenks, Oklahoma [2] She would win the Olympic trials by going undefeated, [3] beating Arlene Limas. [4] At the 1992 Olympics she would win a bronze in the welterweight division. [5] [6] Her brother Brian Laney was also a member of the National Team. [7]
Laney graduated from Jenks High School in 1990. [2] She received a degree in marketing from the University of Tulsa in 1994. [2]
In 1986 Laney took 2nd at the National Taekwondo Championships in the middleweight division. [8] In 1987 Laney took 2nd at the National Taekwondo Championships in the middleweight division. [9] In 1988 Laney took 3rd in the heavyweight division at the US Olympic Team Trials. [10] In 1990 Laney took 2nd at the National Taekwondo Championships in the middleweight division. [11] In 1990 and 1991 Laney won the US Collegiate National Taekwondo Championship in the middleweight division. [12] [13] [14] In 1991 Laney took 3rd at the US Olympic Festival in the middleweight division. [15]
In 1992 she competed in the women's welterweight division. [16] Laney took 2nd at the National Taekwondo Championships in the welterweight division. [17] In 1992 Laney took 1st at the US Olympic & PanAm Team Trials in the welterweight division by going undefeated, [3] [18] beating Arlene Limas twice. [3] [4] At the 1992 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the welterweight division. [5] [1]