Kristina Danielle Teachout (born September 13, 2005) is an American

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athlete. She represented the United States at the

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and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg contest.

Career

Teachout made her senior international debut for the United States in November 2022 in the women's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in

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, Mexico. In June 2023, she competed in the women's welterweight event at the

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held in

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, Azerbaijan. In October 2023, she competed at the

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and won a bronze medal in the 67 kg event. She won gold in the 2023

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challenge, Costa Rica Open and Dominican Open and silver at the Spanish Open and Pan Am Series. In January 2024, she competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and defeated the

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57 kg champion

Anastasija Zolotic Anastasija Zolotic ( sr-Cyrl, Анастасија Золотић, Anastasija Zolotić (born 23 November 2002) is an American taekwondo athlete and Olympic gold medalist. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the girls 49 ...

to advance to the

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. In April 2024, during the Olympic Qualification Tournament, she won her semifinal match and

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to represent the United States at the

. At 18 years old, she is Team USA's youngest Olympian in taekwondo. In

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, she competed in the 67 kg event and defeated

Magda Wiet-Hénin Magda Wiet-Hénin (born 31 August 1995) is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championships. She has qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification ...

in the round of 16, but lost to eventual gold medal winner

Viviana Márton Viviana Márton Kiss (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian taekwondo athlete. She won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 67 kg in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Early life The daughter of Zsolt and Barbara Márton, her father for ...

in the quarter finals. Teachout then defeated

Ruth Gbagbi Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi (born 7 February 1994 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the 67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she was defeated by Hwang Kyung-seon in the preliminary round and eliminated by ...

in the

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match, and advanced to the bronze medal contest where she faced Song Jie. She defeated Song and won a bronze medal.

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