Jackie Galloway

Jackie Galloway
Personal information
NationalityAmerican- Mexican
Born (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995
Crown Point, Indiana, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTaekwondo
Event
Heavyweight
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro +67 kg
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk Middleweight
2017 Muju Heavyweight
Grand Prix
2014 Astana +67 kg
2015 Samsun +67 kg
2016 Baku +67 kg
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto +67 kg
Pan American Championships
2014 Portland Heavyweight
2016 Aguascalientes Heavyweight
World Junior Championships
2012 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]

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.