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Born | Abilene, Texas | October 1, 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Welterweight (67 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Juan Moreno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 19 September 2018 |
Paige Arielle "McFierce" McPherson (born October 1, 1990, in Abilene, Texas) is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States. [1] [2]
McPherson grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. [3] She and four other siblings were adopted by Susan and Dave McPherson. [4] Her biological family includes an older brother and two half-siblings. [5] She is of African American and Filipino descent. [6] She graduated from Black Hills Classical Christian Academy in 2009 and then went on to attend Miami-Dade College. [7]
McPherson was a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Am Games. [8]
She represented the USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s 67 kg taekwondo event and in the preliminary round secured a surprise defeat over Team GB's Sarah Stevenson. [9] McPherson went on to win a bronze medal by defeating Franka Anić of Slovenia, 8-3. [10]
After winning a gold medal in the 2016 Pan American Games McPherson was selected to represent the United States as a member of the Team USA Taekwondo Team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil. [11] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost her first match against Farida Azizova. [2]
She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [12]
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Born | Abilene, Texas | October 1, 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Welterweight (67 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Juan Moreno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 19 September 2018 |
Paige Arielle "McFierce" McPherson (born October 1, 1990, in Abilene, Texas) is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States. [1] [2]
McPherson grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. [3] She and four other siblings were adopted by Susan and Dave McPherson. [4] Her biological family includes an older brother and two half-siblings. [5] She is of African American and Filipino descent. [6] She graduated from Black Hills Classical Christian Academy in 2009 and then went on to attend Miami-Dade College. [7]
McPherson was a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Am Games. [8]
She represented the USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s 67 kg taekwondo event and in the preliminary round secured a surprise defeat over Team GB's Sarah Stevenson. [9] McPherson went on to win a bronze medal by defeating Franka Anić of Slovenia, 8-3. [10]
After winning a gold medal in the 2016 Pan American Games McPherson was selected to represent the United States as a member of the Team USA Taekwondo Team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil. [11] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost her first match against Farida Azizova. [2]
She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [12]