![]() Master Lynnette Love (right) gives a student one-on-one instruction at Andrews Air Force Base in 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lynnette Alicia Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cook County, Illinois | September 21, 1957||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lynnette Love (born September 21, 1957) is a United States Olympian in taekwondo. [1] She achieved a gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a bronze medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. [1] She trained was trained by Dong Ja Yang [2] Howard University. [3] Nominated for the Sullivan Award in 1988 In the World Guinness Book of Records in 1993 for only American to win 9 national titles and 2 world titles.
Lynnette acted in the WMAC Masters series, as "Tarantula", participating in only one episode, where she loses the fight for Dragon Star against Lady Lightning. [4]
Love, a 35-year-old Wayne State University graduate