- Home: Sugar Land, TX
- Birthdate: 1/7/1984
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Played volleyball for three years in high school...enjoys shopping, going to the beach, volleyball, working out and playing cards with the boys...watches TV reality shows like Dr. 90210 ('because Dr. Rey is a black belt in Taekwondo"), Unsolved Mysteries, Forensic Science and Court TV...her three older brothers have achieved great success in Taekwondo: Jean won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships; Steven is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion; and Mark has won three World Championship medals including a gold in 2005...Diana, along with Steven and Mark, became the first three siblings in any sport to win World Championship titles at the same event when they achieved the feat in 2005 at the World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain (they were coached by oldest brother Jean)...in addition to her mother's Latin cooking, Diana enjoys a good chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and corn, as well as sushi and Thai food...before a competition she eats a bagel with cream cheese and some apple juice...her favorite athlete (besides her brothers) is Jackie Joyner Kersee...favorite movies are Click, Dumb and Dumber, and foreign films...loves music so much that her IPod has a mix of Oldies, 80's, Alternative and more...lists Garmisch, Germany, as her favorite place visited for a competition. "You could see the mountains, trees and pond from my window at the hotel. It was beautiful!"
Awards:
-USA Today Olympic Athlete of the Week (April 8, 2008)
-2006 USA Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year
-2005 USA Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year
-USA Today Olympic Athlete of the Week (April 19, 2005)
Did You Know?: After finishing her undergraduate degree, Diana would like to pursue a master's degree in education. "Education is a very important aspect of my life and something I try to balance with my athletic career. One day I also would like to be a coach for the Junior & Senior National Team."...she would also like to run a marathon and do a triathlon one day.
Quotable Diana Lopez: "I enjoy being the center of attention and providing a little comic relief for the team, usually at my expense. I have an innate ability to provide a 3rd-grade joke at a whim."
Competition Record:
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (Feather): 1st
2008 Olympic Games (Feather): BRONZE
2007 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier: SILVER
2007 World Olympic Qualifier: Quarterfinals
2007 Olympic Trials (Bantam/Feather): 1st
2007 World Championships (Feather): BRONZE
2007 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st
2006 Pan Am Qualifier (Olympic Feather): GOLD
2006 Dutch Open (Feather): BRONZE
2006 Sr. National Team Trials (Feather): 1st
2005 U.S. Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Month (April)
2005 World Taekwondo Championships (Gold)
2005 German Open (Gold)
2005 National Team Trials (Gold)
2004 Olympic Alternate
2004 Dutch Open (Gold)
2004 Senior Nationals (Bronze)
2003 National Team Trials (Gold)
2002 Brussels Indoor Open (Gold)
2002 Dutch Open (Gold)
2002 Pan American Championships (Gold)
2002 World Cup (Bronze)
2002 National Team Trials (Gold)
2001 Junior Nationals (Gold)
2001 US Open (Silver)
2001 Mexico Open (Gold)
2001 National Team Trials (Gold)
2000 Junior Nationals (Gold)
2000 Junior World Championships (Gold)
2000 Olympic Team Trials (Bronze)
2000 Fight Off for World Cup Team (Gold)
2000 Korean Open (Bronze)
2000 US Open Sr. Division (Bronze)
1999 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1998 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1998 Junior World Championships (Gold)
1998 US Open Jr. Division (Silver)
1997 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1996 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1995 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1994 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1993 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1992 Junior Nationals (Gold)
1991 Junior Nationals (Gold)
