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Anastasija Zolotic
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2002-11-23) November 23, 2002 (age 22)
Largo, Florida[1]
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTaekwondo
Weight classLightweight
Featherweight
ClubUSA TKD
TeamUSA
Coached byGareth Brown
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsGold (2020)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Moscow (F) 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rome 57 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 57 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cancún 62 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 49 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hammamet 52 kg
Updated on July 25, 2021

Anastasija Zolotic (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 ethnic Serbs[9][10][11] from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Taekwondo 1st

References

  1. ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tokyo-olympics-anastasija-zolotic-first-us-gold-womens-taekwondo/
  2. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Anastasija Zolotic". Team USA. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Anastasija Zolotic Battles To Taekwondo Silver With Injured Hand". Team USA. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  5. ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  6. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Quigley, Ryan (July 25, 2021). "USA's Anastasija Zolotic wins first Olympic gold medal". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Young, Ryan (July 25, 2021). "Anastasija Zolotic, 18, becomes first American woman to win gold taekwondo medal". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  9. ^ Nikolić, Olgica. "Anastasija Zolotić: Obećala da će biti šampionka". Danas. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "Anastasija Zolotić - sve što niste znali o Srpkinji koju slavi Amerika". Chicago Dešavanja. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  11. ^ "Srpkinja donela Amerikancima istorijsko zlato u Tokiju". Telegraf.rs. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  12. ^ 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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