2008 Olympians

  • Ellison

    Brady Ellison

    Glendale, AZ

    Brady started shooting archery when he was still in diapers. He started shooting because his dad hunted and he wanted to hunt with him, so it just developed from there. He shot a compound bow his entire life until fall 2005 when he switched over to a recurve bow (the only bow used in the Olympic Games).

    Tags: Olympic Team , Resident Athlete , Sr. USAT

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    Richard "Butch" Johnson

    Woodstock, Conn.

    Tags: Olympic Team , Sr. USAT

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    Khatuna Lorig

    West Hollywood, CA

    Tags: Olympic Team , Sr. USAT

  • Nichols

    Jennifer Nichols

    Cheyenne, WY

    Jennifer started shooting archery at the age of nine after her father bought her and her siblings compound bows from Wal-Mart for Christmas. The Nichols family would shoot in the evenings in their backyard as a family activity they could all do together. That same year, they were introduced to the local Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) Club.

    Tags: Olympic Team , Sr. USAT

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    Victor Wunderle

    Mason City, IL

    Vic began shooting archery at the age of five.  Both his father and grandfather shot archery for hunting and recreation.  For him, there is just something about anything that shoots, whether it is a slingshot, BB gun, or bow and arrow.  His first bow was made from a limb off of the willow tree in his back yard.  His father gave him an arrow which he taped a piece of cloth around the end so it wouldn't hurt anyone.  He would run around the yard all day shooting at trees with his newly acquired toy.

    Tags: Olympic Team , Sr. USAT ,

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    Howard Bach

    San Francisco, CA

    Bach and Tony Gunawan made history on August 22, 2005 when they won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim, Calif.; becoming the first USA Badminton athletes ever to medal at a World Championship or Olympic competition.

    Tags: 2007 Pan American Team , 2008 Beijing Team ,

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    Eva Lee

    Orange, CA

    Eva competes in women's singles, women's doubles (with May Mangkalikiri) and mixed doubles (with 2004 Olympian and 2005 World Champion Howard Bach).

    Tags: 2007 Pan American Team , 2008 Beijing Team ,

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    Khan "Bob" Malaythong

    Rockville, MD

    When not playing badminton, Bob enjoys going to the driving range, travel, watching movies, go-karting, watching ESPN and playing other sports.

    Tags: 2007 Pan American Team , 2008 Beijing Team , Khankham Malaythong

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    Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri

    Garden Grove, CA

    May was named the United States Olympic Committee's Female Badminton Athlete of the Year in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

    Tags: 2007 Pan American Team , 2008 Beijing Team , Mesinee Mangkalakiri

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    Raju Rai

    Atlanta, GA

    When not playing badminton, Raju lists his hobbies and interests as playing other sports, training, watching television, going to the movies, shopping and chilling with his friends.

    Tags: 2007 Pan American Team , 2008 Beijing Team ,

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    Diana Lopez

    Sugar Land, TX

    Hello everyone!!!

    I'm back. It's been a bitter-sweet time ever since I have been back from Beijing. Sweet because I have been enjoying my time with my family and friends and doing "normal" stuff.

    Tags: 2008 Olympic Team , Female , Female Featherweight

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    Mark Lopez

    Sugar Land, TX

    Olympic silver medalist Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) is ranked first in the men's lightweight division in the recently released World Taekwondo Federation's world rankings.

    Tags: 2008 Olympic Team , 2009 U.S. National Team , Male , Male Lightweight ,

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    Steven Lopez

    Sugar Land, TX

    Tags: 2008 Olympic Team , 2009 U.S. National Team , Male , Male Welterweight ,

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    Charlotte Craig

    Murrieta, Calif.

    Tags: 2008 Olympic Team , 2008 Pan Am Championships Team , Female , Female Flyweight