Terrence Jennings (born July 28, 1986) is an American

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. He began competing internationally in 2003 and qualified for the

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. At the

, he qualified for the repechage in the 68 kg lightweight division by losing to the eventual gold medalist

Servet Tazegül Servet Tazegül ( (born 26 September 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division. He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olymp ...

. Jennings won one of two bronze medals in that division by landing a three-point headshot with the score tied and one second left in the bronze medal match against Diogo Silva of

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. The other bronze medal in the division was awarded to

Rohullah Nikpai Rohullah Nikpai (; born June 15, 1987) is a taekwondo practitioner and two-time Olympic bronze medalist from Afghanistan. As of 2024, he is the only Afghan athlete to have won a medal at the Olympics. In 2023, he became the coach of New Zealand� ...

.Olympics-Men's taekwondo featherweight 58-68kg bronze medal results
Reuters via Chicago Tribune (August 9, 2012). Retrieved on 2018-02-11.

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