The Lopez family is well-known in taekwondo circles. His siblings Mark and Diana are also Olympians, and Jean Lopez has coached all three of them. One of them, Heidi Gilbert, 36, said Jean Lopez became her coach in 2002. “I really wanted to go to the Olympics.” She trained with Jean Lopez at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Ecuador, where she won a gold medal. Ms. Gilbert said Jean Lopez stayed in contact and seemed to be invested in her success in taekwondo, so she eventually moved to Texas to train with him and other elite athletes.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2018 22:07 UTC