 Anastasija Zolotic at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 23, 2002 Largo, Florida, United States[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | USA TKD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gareth Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anastasija Zolotic (Serbian: Анастасија Золотић / Anastasija Zolotić; born 23 November 2002) is an American taekwondo athlete and Olympic gold medalist.[2][3] She won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the girls 49 kg weight class.[4] She qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] On Sunday 25 July 2021, at just 18-years-old, she became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in taekwondo,[6] defeating Tatiana Minina of Russia 25 to 17.[7][8] Her parents are immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9] She competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Medal record
Olympic Games
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan
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Taekwondo | 1st |
See also
References
- ^ "Florida teen Anastasija Zolotic wins first-ever U.S. Gold in women's taekwondo".
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Anastasija Zolotic". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Anastasija Zolotic Battles To Taekwondo Silver With Injured Hand". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (July 25, 2021). "Rashitov and Zolotic win Olympic taekwondo titles as refugee team's Alizadeh agonisingly misses bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Quigley, Ryan (July 25, 2021). "USA's Anastasija Zolotic wins first Olympic gold medal". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Young, Ryan (July 25, 2021). "Anastasija Zolotic, 18, becomes first American woman to win gold taekwondo medal". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Greg Beacham (July 27, 2021). "Colorado's Anastasija Zolotic hopes her Olympic gold heralds new era for U.S. taekwondo". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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