{{short description|American taekwondo practitioner}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Stephen Lambdin |image=Stephen Lambdin.jpg |birth_date={{birth date and age|1988|3|9|mf=yes}} |birth_place=Texas, United States |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Taekwondo}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2011 Guadalajara | +80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World University Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Pocheon|+87kg}} {{MedalBronze|2008 Belgrade|+84kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Taekwondo Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Sucré|+87kg}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Buenos Aires|+84kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Sucheon|+78kg}} {{MedalCompetition|WTF A-Class International Opens}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Buenos Aires|+87kg}} {{MedalGold|2013 Toronto|+84kg}} {{MedalGold|2012 Belgrade|+87kg}} {{MedalGold|2010 Manchester|+84kg}} {{MedalGold|2010 Alicante|+84kg}}}}
'''Stephen Lambdin''' (born Stephen Thomas Lambdin, March 9, 1988) is an American taekwondo competitor. He represented Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. He represented the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal.<ref name="USA-Taekwondo">{{cite web|author=Taekwondo |url=http://usa-taekwondo.us/athlete/athlete/2440 |title=USA Taekwondo - Official Website of USA Taekwondo |website=Usa-taekwondo.us |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> He trains with coach Jeff Pinaroc in Mansfield Texas.<ref name="Stephenlambdin.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.stephenlambdin.com|title=Stephen Lambdin Homepage|website=Stephenlambdin.com|accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> He is a graduate of Colleyville Heritage High School and California Lutheran University.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/LA/Stephen-Lambdin | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228171913/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/LA/Stephen-Lambdin | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 28, 2014 | title = Stephen Lambdin: USA Taekwondo | publisher=United States Olympic Committee | accessdate=February 20, 2014 | website = www.teamusa.org}}</ref>
Lambdin competes in the heavyweight division (+190 lbs/+87 kg).<ref name="usa-taekwondo.us">{{cite web|author=Taekwondo |url=http://usa-taekwondo.us |title=USA Taekwondo - Official Website of USA Taekwondo |website=Usa-taekwondo.us |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> As of May 1, 2013, Lambdin was ranked 10th in the WTF World Taekwondo rankings.<ref name="World Taekwondo Federation">{{cite web | url = http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/hall/ranking.html | title = WTF World Taekwondo Federation | accessdate = January 22, 2013 |url-status=dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130115235620/http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/hall/ranking.html | archivedate = January 15, 2013}}</ref> As of March 18, 2019, Lambdin was ranked 13th in the Olympic Kyorugi Ranking (Senior Division / M+80 kg) and 10th in the World Kyorugi Ranking (Senior Division / M+87 kg).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/playerProfile/11e6eef4-5c2d-1d0e-92b4-12f817a4f090 | title = Stephen Lambdin | date = March 2019 | accessdate = March 18, 2019 | work = World Taekwondo | via = worldtkd.simplycompete.com}}</ref>
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