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| Born | April 4, 1997 Houston, Texas, U. S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Spring, Texas, U. S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Liberty University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Arlene Limas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which the U.S. boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States were baseball player Eddy Alvarez and basketball player Sue Bird. Javelin thrower Kara Winger was the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. For the third consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (285 men and 330 women).
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