Anastasija Zolotic
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Largo, Florida[1] | November 23, 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on July 25, 2021. |
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, she became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in taekwondo,[6] defeating Tatiana Minina of the ROC 25 to 17.[7][8] Her parents are immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9]
Medal record[]
Olympic Games[]
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Taekwondo | 1st |
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. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Anastasija Zolotic Battles To Taekwondo Silver With Injured Hand". Team USA. 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.
- ^ Press, Greg Beacham | The Associated (July 27, 2021). "Colorado's Anastasija Zolotic hopes her Olympic gold heralds new era for U.S. taekwondo". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- American people of Serbian descent
- American female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Sportspeople from Florida
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- People from Largo, Florida
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of the United States
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- 21st-century American women
- American martial arts biography stubs
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