Jackie Galloway

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Jackie Galloway
Personal information
Nationality American- Mexican
Born (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 29)
Crown Point, Indiana, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Taekwondo
EventHeavyweight
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro +67 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Chelyabinsk Middleweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Muju Heavyweight
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Astana +67 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Samsun +67 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Baku +67 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto +67 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 PortlandHeavyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AguascalientesHeavyweight
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Sharm-El-Sheikh 68 kg

Jaqueline 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]

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Career

Galloway was an alternate for the Mexican team at the 2012 Olympics. [2] She won bronze at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. [3]

At the Rio 2016 Olympics, Galloway won a bronze medal in the 67 kg class. [4] [5]

In July 2019, Galloway was issued with a six-month ban by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for an anti-doping rule violation relating to unintential use of ibutamoren. [6] She was able to prove that its source was a contanimated supplement, however a legal case she brought against the manufacturers was unsuccessful. [7]

Personal life

She was an engineering student at Southern Methodist University. [8] While there she was on the rowing team. [9]

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. "American Galloway takes bronze in women's +67 kg taekwondo". NBC. 20 August 2016.
  6. "U.S. Taekwondo Athlete Jacqueline Galloway Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation". USADA. 20 July 2019.
  7. Williams, Michael (26 May 2022). "Jury rules against North Texas Olympian who said H-E-B supplement made her fail drug test". Dallas News.
  8. "College Sports: Hairopoulos: North Texans vying for 2016 Olympics: Jordan Spieth, 16-year-old gymnast, more - SportsDay". SportsDay. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  9. "Aiming high". Wylie News.