Herbert Perez

Herbert J. "Herb" Perez (born December 6, 1959)[1] is a former US Olympian in taekwondo and politician. He was a gold medalist in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[2]

Personal Life

Perez was born in New York City and attended law school at Rutgers Law School.[3] He did his undergraduate degree at William Paterson University.[4] and earned a Masters at the University of Lyons.[5] Perez became a City Councilman and mayor for Foster City,[4] where he is the owner of Gold Medal Martial Arts.[6]He has also earned his 7th degree black belt in Taekwondo.

Martial Arts

In addition to his winning the Gold Medal in 1992 Olympics, Perez had an opportunity to become a member of the 1988 Olympics, but missed it due to a mental error.[7]

He competed at both the 1987 and 1991 World Taekwondo Championships, winning that Bronze medal each time.

As team head in the 2008 Summer Olympics he became involved in a scoring controversy.

He starred as himself (with the nickname "Olympus") on the 1995-1997 martial arts TV series WMAC Masters.

Herb Perez became a prominent critic of electronic scoring in the 2016 Summer Olympic Taekwondo competition. His career and criticism were highlighted in a feature story in the September 2016 issue of Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine called Herb Perez: Modern Renaissance Man.[8]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Olympic Gold Medalist Brings Complete Approach To Success - Delivering Happiness
  3. ↑ Perez, Herb - Sport Based – World Wide Dojo
  4. 1 2 Herb Perez
  5. ↑ Gold Medal | Master Perez
  6. ↑ Olympic gold medalist joins Foster City council race - Inside Bay Area
  7. ↑ HERB PEREZ mastering basics
  8. ↑ Hayes, David C. (September 2016). "Grandmaster Herb Perez: Modern Renaissance Man". Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine. 2 (September 2016): 51–54. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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